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  2. Merchant navy - Wikipedia

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    A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country.On merchant vessels, seafarers of various ranks and sometimes members of maritime trade unions are required by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) [1] to carry Merchant Mariner's Documents.

  3. Indian maritime history - Wikipedia

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    5 April is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India. On this day in 1919, [citation needed] navigation history was created when SS Loyalty, the first ship of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd., [citation needed] journeyed to the United Kingdom, a crucial step for India's shipping history when sea routes were controlled by the British.

  4. Lex mercatoria - Wikipedia

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    We find reference to the law merchant as early as 13 Edw. 4 (1473/4): "'the king has jurisdiction over them [merchants] to put them to stand (estoyer) to right, etc., but this will be 'according to the laws of nature' (secundum legem naturae) which is called by some 'law merchant', which is universal law for everyone (tout le monde)."

  5. Losses during the Battle of the Atlantic - Wikipedia

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    shipping sunk German submarines lost Sep. '39 3297070 153879 0 5051 29537 158930 2 Oct. '39 3576135 134807 0 32058 29490 166865 5 Nov. '39 4408689 51589 0 1722 120958 53311 1 Dec. '39 4466664 80881 2949 22506 82712 106336 1 Jan. '40 4847044 111263 23693 0 77116 134956 1 Feb. '40 4348820 169566 853 1761 54740 172180 6

  6. Pinckney's Treaty - Wikipedia

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    The southern boundary of the United States with the Spanish colonies of East Florida and West Florida was established as a line beginning on the Mississippi River at the 31st parallel north, the 1763 line, drawn due east to the middle of the Chattahoochee River, then downstream along the middle of the river to the junction with the Flint River, then due east to the headwaters of the St. Marys ...

  7. Navigation Acts - Wikipedia

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    In a significant bow to English merchants and to the detriment of numerous foreign colonists, section two of the act declared that "no alien or person not born within the allegiance of our sovereign lord the King, his heirs and successors, or naturalized or made a free denizen, shall... exercise the trade or occupation of a merchant or factor ...

  8. Royal Merchant - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Merchant was a 17th-century English merchant ship that was lost at sea off Land's End in rough weather on 23 September 1641. On board were at least 100,000 pounds of gold (over US$1.5 billion in today's money), [3] 400 bars of Mexican silver (another 1 million) and nearly 500,000 pieces of eight and other coins, making it one of the most valuable wrecks of all time.

  9. Shopee - Wikipedia

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    In February 2015, Shopee launched in Singapore as a mobile-centric marketplace where users can browse, shop and sell products. [7] The asset-light platform is integrated with logistical and payment support, and claims to make online shopping easy and secure for both buyers and sellers.