Creation of Rights of Sovereignty Through Symbolic Acts, 1400-1800

Acadia acquired acquisition acts of possession asserted Captain Cartier century ceremony of taking charter Christian claimed coast colony command Cook cross Dávila Diego de Guzmán discovered discovery Documents Drake East India Company England English erected European expedition explorers Florida formal act formal ceremony formal taking formally took France French Guzmán H. H. Bancroft Hakluyt Society harbor Henry Ibid Indies inéd instructions island James John Cabot King landfall lands latitude letters patent London Majesty Mapamundi Mémoires Moluccas Monts native North America Nova Nuño de Guzmán performed Portugal Portuguese Prince Quebec Queen regions right of sovereignty River royal arms Russian sailed Samuel de Champlain Sebastian Cabot sent settlement ship Sieur Sieur de Monts sion Spain Spanish Spitsbergen symbolic acts Tahiti take possession taken taking of possession terra nullius territory tion Toion took possession treaties unto Verrazano Viceroy voyage