The Free Sea

by Ralph Deman Van Magoffin, Hugo Grotius, R.D.) Grotius, Hugo (Magoffin

Book Overview

Liberty Fund's edition of The Free Sea is the only translation of Grotius's masterpiece undertaken in his own lifetime, left in manuscript by the English historian, Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616). It also contains William Welwod's critique of Grotius (reprinted for the first time since the seventeenth century) and Grotius's reply to Welwod. These documents provide an indispensable introduction to modern ideas of sovereignty and property...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865974314
• ISBN13: 9780865974319
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5