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Profit and principle : Hugo Grotius, natural rights theories and the rise of Dutch power in the East Indies, 1595-1615 / by Martine Julia van Ittersum - Leiden : Brill, 2006 - lxii, 538 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 139 .

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Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645


Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie--History
East India Company--History


Natural law
International law--History--17th century
International relations
Imperialism


Netherlands--Commerce--East Indies
East Indies--Commerce--Netherlands