Show SEVEN MI STRESSES OF SEA including tyre only that number of nations nation have right to title of high honor stark mark sullivan writing in colliers on americas part in the new world the heritage of tyre quotes nn an ather writer as follows referring to nations that have held the position of 0 the mistress of the sens seas since the day that man first straddled a floating to log and started humanity adventuring by sea the intervening centuries have seen ony seven nations possessed of sufficient genius to dominate the earths deep waters during 2 2213 22 13 years tyre has had but seven true heirs tyre in her time was the inspiration of all com commerce irrespective spec tive of nationality nil who trafficked by sea were called merch rint r of tyre and nil all vessels ot of burden y ships or of tyre dynasties lived by grace of tyres credit and died at the call calling ilig of her loans with the passing of tyre the position went to carthage Carth after carthage to the italian cities venice genoa florence and naples italy held her dominance for years until the league of cities took the crown of commerce to the Baltic sea then portugal forced herself to the front that was preceding the discovery of america by spain with the aggressiveness of which that discovery was characteristic spain took the leadership lenders bip away from portugal spain held it years and lost it to holland holland held it for some generations and lost it to great britain |