A Criminal Trial at Sea in 1582

• Published in: Journal of Navigation
• Main Author: Taylor, E. G. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1956
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Oceanography; Patagonia; Northwest Passage; Fenton; Leicester; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s037346330003664x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S037346330003664X

That a ship's captain may exercise supreme powers when at sea has been recognized since maritime laws were first formulated. But when Francis Drake summarily executed Thomas Doughty in Patagonia in 1578 there were serious misgivings at home, and the commanding officer of the next long distance...