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Why did the Danes establish the right to redeem the goods of any ship passing through the Danish Straits?

In the 16th and 17th centuries, most of the Danish budget revenues were dues from merchant ships passing through the Danish straits - Øresund, Greater and Lesser Belts. The size of the duty, depending on the type of goods, was set at 1-2% of its value. In addition, the Danes reserved the right to redeem the entire cargo at the declared value - this was done so that the captains of the ships did not underestimate it, since it was not possible to check each ship.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Who is Copernicus?

Sometimes, very rarely, as if from nowhere, a person appears who changes our views on life and the universe as a whole. Such a person was Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who was born in 1473 and died in 1543. At that time, astronomers believed that the Earth was the center of the world. This idea belonged to the ancient Greek scientist Ptolemy, who lived in the II century. His view was held to be true for centuries.

Ptolemy argued that the Earth stands motionless in one place, and the sky, consisting of a set of huge hollow spheres, revolves around it. The picture of the world created by Copernicus was completely different. It occurred to him that Ptolemy said that the Earth was stationary and the Sun revolved around it for one reason: every night the ancient Greek scientist watched the constellation Ursa Major slowly turn around the North Star.

Copernicus realized that the apparent movement of the Sun is caused by the rotation of the Earth around its own axis. He came to the conclusion that our planet is only a tiny part of the universe and, together with the rest of the planets, makes revolutions around the Sun. The Copernican theory proved too revolutionary for the XNUMXth century. He knew that he would meet resistance from other scientists, and most importantly from the church, which taught that the Earth is the center of the world. He published his works at the very end of his life, accompanied by the statement that he did not claim the truth of his idea.

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