While we're on the topic, you can thank a Dutchman for your rights to travel and fish at your own shores and international waters

In the 15th and 16th Century, you'd be shot dead if you get caught in any parts of the entire Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and the vast part of the Atlantic Ocean. These were all claimed "Sovereign waters of the Spanish and Portugese crowns. Hugo Grotus was paramount in the creation and mitigation of international laws that would also impact territorial waters. 👀