transmarine

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Germany, however, is not well favoured with respect to seaports, for in its transmarine trade it is largely dependent on foreign seaports—namely, ports in Belgium, Holland, France, Italy, and Austria.

From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour

Orders were therefore sent from Whitehall to the governors of the transmarine possessions of the Crown, directing them to be on the watch for him.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The transmarine postal service has been a source of constant annoyance to almost every commercial nation.

From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Rainey, Thomas

Wonders were told concerning pillars inlaid with bronze, amber, ivory, mother of pearl, and transmarine tortoise-shells.

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah

See ch. iv., where the attitude of the senate towards the proposals for transmarine settlement made by Caius Gracchus is described.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)