Documents Relating to Law and Custom of the Sea, Vol. 1: A. D. 1205-1648 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Documents Relating to Law and Custom of the Sea, Vol. 1: A. D. 1205-1648The curious agreement with Flanders, also of 1297, touching the conduct of ships at sea and a national flag, is noticeable as containing almost, if not quite, the first mention of an Admiral (p. 46) soon after this date the word is constantly met with in the records.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.