Quote#World
For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands…
Quote byWalter Raleigh · 1552–1618
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Discourse of the Invention of Ships, Anchors, Compass, &c.
English (original)
For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.
— Walter Raleigh
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