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Cover illustration: Portrait of Johann Gröning, from ‘Bibliotheca universalis librorum iurdiciorum’. Hamburg, Liebezeit, 1701.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gröning, Johann, 1669-1747 | Maxwell-Stuart, P. G., translator. | Murdoch, Steve, editor. | Müller, Leos, editor.
Title: Unimpeded sailing : a critical edition of Johan Groning's Navigatio libera (extended 1698 edition) / by Peter Maxwell-Stuart, Steve Murdoch, Leos Müller.
Other titles: Navigatio libera. English.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019. | Series: Brill's studies in maritime history ; volume 6 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018043313 (print) | LCCN 2018043440 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004352704 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004352698 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Maritime law–Early works to 1800.
Classification: LCC KZA1145 (ebook) | LCC KZA1145 .G76 2019 (print) | DDC 341.4/5–dc23
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ISSN 2405-4917
ISBN 978-90-04-35269-8 (hardback)
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