The Free Sea
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The Free Sea is the English title of Hugo Grotius’s seminal 1609 treatise advocating the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Free Sea canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2196080 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Free Sea Context triple: [Mare Liberum, translatedTitle, The Free Sea]
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A.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
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B.
The High Seas
"The High Seas" is an episode of the nature documentary series "Our Planet" that explores the diverse and often unseen life and ecosystems found in the open ocean.
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C.
Outremer
Outremer was the collective name for the Crusader states established by Western European Christians in the Levant during the Middle Ages.
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D.
The Eternal Sea
The Eternal Sea is a 1955 American war drama film starring Sterling Hayden as a determined naval officer coping with the loss of his leg during World War II.
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E.
The Oceanic Circle
The Oceanic Circle is a seminal work on ocean governance and international maritime law that advocates treating the world’s oceans as a shared global commons requiring cooperative, holistic management.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Free Sea Target entity description: The Free Sea is the English title of Hugo Grotius’s seminal 1609 treatise advocating the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
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A.
The Sea
The Sea is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its minimalist seascape composition and characteristic muted palette.
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B.
The High Seas
"The High Seas" is an episode of the nature documentary series "Our Planet" that explores the diverse and often unseen life and ecosystems found in the open ocean.
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C.
Outremer
Outremer was the collective name for the Crusader states established by Western European Christians in the Levant during the Middle Ages.
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D.
The Eternal Sea
The Eternal Sea is a 1955 American war drama film starring Sterling Hayden as a determined naval officer coping with the loss of his leg during World War II.
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E.
The Oceanic Circle
The Oceanic Circle is a seminal work on ocean governance and international maritime law that advocates treating the world’s oceans as a shared global commons requiring cooperative, holistic management.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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treatise ⓘ |
| author | Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 17th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| field | public international law ⓘ |
| genre | legal treatise ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Free Sea ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
European colonial expansion
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early 17th-century maritime trade conflicts ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modern international maritime law
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principle of freedom of navigation ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| legalDoctrineAdvanced | mare liberum ⓘ |
| notableArgument |
no state can claim sovereignty over the open sea
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the sea is common to all for navigation and trade ⓘ |
| opposesDoctrine | mare clausum ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Mare Liberum ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1609 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to argue against maritime monopolies
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to justify Dutch access to global sea trade routes ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
De Jure Belli ac Pacis
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linked to:
De iure belli ac pacis
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| subject |
freedom of the seas
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international law ⓘ law of the sea ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ navigation rights ⓘ sovereignty at sea ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Free Sea Description of subject: The Free Sea is the English title of Hugo Grotius’s seminal 1609 treatise advocating the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.