Consulate of the Sea
Imagine you live in a big town close to the ocean, where lots of people come and go by ships. Sometimes, these people end up having disagreements with each other or with local people, and they don't know how to solve them. There needs to be someone to help sort things out, right? That's where the Consulate of the Sea comes in.
The Consulate of the Sea was a court that existed a long time ago in towns like yours, and it acted like a judge for disputes that happened at sea or in ports. It was made up of experienced sailors and merchants who knew a lot about trading and shipping. They even had their own rules and laws called the Maritime Law, and a book to keep it all written down.
The Consulate of the Sea decided how to punish people who broke the Maritime Law or did something bad on a ship, like stealing or fighting. They also helped with other things like figuring out how to divide up the goods on a ship if it was crashed and everyone survived.
It was like having a very important and wise friend who knew how to fix things when they went wrong on the sea. And just like you have your parents or your teacher to turn to for help, the sailors and merchants of the olden days had the Consulate of the Sea to look to for solutions to their problems.
The Consulate of the Sea was a court that existed a long time ago in towns like yours, and it acted like a judge for disputes that happened at sea or in ports. It was made up of experienced sailors and merchants who knew a lot about trading and shipping. They even had their own rules and laws called the Maritime Law, and a book to keep it all written down.
The Consulate of the Sea decided how to punish people who broke the Maritime Law or did something bad on a ship, like stealing or fighting. They also helped with other things like figuring out how to divide up the goods on a ship if it was crashed and everyone survived.
It was like having a very important and wise friend who knew how to fix things when they went wrong on the sea. And just like you have your parents or your teacher to turn to for help, the sailors and merchants of the olden days had the Consulate of the Sea to look to for solutions to their problems.