Great Britain had a worldwide empire, founded upon and sustained by seaborne commerce.
Mahan believed that control of seaborne commerce was critical to domination in war.
The merchant marine will also be depended upon to carry our seaborne commerce.
He collected every vessel upon which he could lay his hands, until the seaborne commerce of Rome no longer existed.
In short, it regulates seaborne commerce to and from the United States, which totals more than $500 billion a year.
It was completed in 1870, just as national and international seaborne commerce was beginning to return to the war-torn ports of the Old South.
The non-agriculture tradition of the kingdom became strong as a result of large coastal fishing and boating population and growing opportunities for seaborne commerce.
It seems that when anyone in government needed an opinion on maritime geography, seaborne commerce or colonial circumstance Wager was asked.
Late Antiquity saw various indicators of Roman civilization begin to decline, including urbanization, seaborne commerce, and total population.
At that time, Italian speakers dominated seaborne commerce in the port cities of the Ottoman empire.