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The Dutch Claim to Global Navigation in War Time
A historical defense urges Britons to refute Dutch petitions for free world navigation citing natural national rights and the need to block Dutch carriers aiding France. It argues nations may exclude strangers, restrict trade with enemies, and that wartime seizure laws justify capturing enemy property, challenging the Dutch notion of universal freedom of navigation.
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Great Britain
Charles I
Spain
South America
Brazil
France
West- Indies