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Account of 3 voyages 1591-1603 for Skinners' Company.
Peoples and International Law is a detailed survey of the law of self-determination with a focus on the concept of nations and peoples. It engages with different aspects of this law with particular emphasis on the drafting and implementation of international instruments. The second edition includes new coverage of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the African and Arab charters. It considers recent practice by the Human Rights Committee, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights dealing with the emerging political, economic and environmental aspects of the right. The book looks at the interaction of international law, nationalism and liberalism in theories of nationhood and self-determination, as well as, the historical development of the right and the decisions of international bodies. Lastly, it examines practice in this area, including new developments in remedial independence and international territorial administration. Also available in hardback.
Lancaster House stands comparison with the greatest of the Italian city palazzi and is one of the last surviving town houses on the grand scale left in London. It boasts a wealth of fine architectural detail and an important art collection.
Excerpt from The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt;, To the East Indies: With Abstracts of Journals of Voyages to the East Indies, During the Seventeenth Century, Preserved in the India Office; And the Voyage of Captain John Knight (1606), To Seek the North-West Passage The expedition sailed from Woolwich on the 13th of February 1600, with 480 men. The General, James Lancaster, was on board the Dragon. This vessel was bought from the Earl of Cumberland for her former name having been the [malice Scourge. She was launched on the 1lth of December 1599, and rechristened the Red Dragon, being a vessel of 600 tons, with a crew of 202 men.1 John Middleton was on board the vice-admiral, the Hector...