A Search for Sovereignty: Law and Geography in European Empires, 1400–1900
A historical study of how European empires used law and geography to establish and maintain sovereignty between 1400 and 1900.
About This Book
This book examines the relationship between law and geography in the context of European empires spanning five centuries.
It investigates how legal claims and geographic knowledge shaped imperial authority and territorial control.
The work draws on historical sources to analyze sovereignty practices across different colonial settings.
Readers gain insight into the evolving strategies empires employed to assert dominance over distant lands.
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