maritime
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The maritime countries of Portugal and England produced many seafaring explorers during the 16th and 17th centuries, many of whom sailed under the flags of other countries. Sailing for the Spanish, Ferdinand Magellan captained the ship that was the first to circle the world, charting many new maritime routes as it went. Henry Hudson, funded by the Dutch, sailed up what we call today the Hudson River, claiming the maritime area that now includes New York City for the Netherlands.
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Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
Underscoring the point, Japan and the United States on Sunday joined Australia and the Philippines in military drills in the South China Sea, an area that China claims as part of its maritime dominion.
—Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Surprisingly, says Jay V. Haigler, the leading instructor, and a founding board member, these sites are often ignored by maritime archaeologists.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
Along the way, hikers can stop to investigate tide pools, sit on the rocks and enjoy the view and take in native Mediterranean coastal sage scrub and maritime chaparral plants.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
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The passengers were fleeing a cholera outbreak, said state broadcaster TVM, citing another local maritime administrator.
—Reuters, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
Experts in maritime law and insurance said determining liability was particularly complex because of the many parties involved, from shipowners in Asia to insurers in Europe to companies around the world that move goods in and out of Baltimore.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Little legal recourse for business interruption claims While the ship’s collision with the bridge is likely to interrupt businesses in the area, Davies notes that purely economic losses are not recoverable from the ship’s owners in a maritime tort claim.
—Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Windward Maritime, a maritime risk-management company, said its data shows a large increase in ships that are waiting for a port to go to, with some anchored outside Baltimore or nearby Annapolis.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Maritime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maritime. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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