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Hugo Grotius, The Right of War and Peace, Washington and London: Adamant Media corp, 2005
* 1583, † 1645
Charge: Treason
Prison: Loevenstein (Map)
In The Freedom of the Seas Grotius formulated the new principle that the sea was international territory and all nations were free to use it for seafaring trade. Grotius, by claiming 'free seas', provided suitable ideological justification for the Dutch breaking up of various trade monopolies through its formidable naval power (and then establishing its own monopoly).