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THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEA 



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Fig. 12. Facsimile of the official account of the monies received from 

 the Dutch herring fishermen for the king's licenses. 



There is probably no circumstance connected with the Englis 

 claims to the sovereignty of the seas that has been more fre- 

 quently misrepresented by historians, pamphleteers, and writers 





