But the country's focus has shifted to developing and weaponizing those man-made islands so it will have greater control over the maritime region without resorting to armed conflict.
Although it's not quite a resort, the town's maritime connections with the continent mean a steady drip of visitors along its L-shaped Ha'penny Pier (so called because of the halfpenny toll charged when it opened in 1853), and esplanade, where pensioners sit three to a bench.
Fine scenery, flowering vegetation, and a mild maritime climate have made the Channel Islands popular resort areas.
The Karnkowski Statutes of 1570 gave Polish kings the control over maritime commerce, but not even Stephen Báthory, who resorted to an armed intervention against the city, was able to enforce them.
Essentially a maritime town, it is popular as a bathing resort, and many of its inhabitants are engaged in seafaring and fishing.
Patricia R. Kennedy, director of the Palmetto Bluff Conservancy, said that of the 22,000 acres of maritime forest, saltwater marshes and May River headwaters that make up the resort, 300 acres were owned by a conservancy, 5,024 acres were managed forest preserve and 439 acres were privately owned conservation easements.
Cannes, resort city of the French Riviera, in Alpes-Maritimes département, Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur région, southeastern France.
Maritime trade along the Spice Route became prominent during the Middle Ages, when nations resorted to military means for control of this influential route.
BALI, Indonesia — President Obama discussed maritime security, nuclear nonproliferation and disaster aid at an Asian summit meeting on Friday, but just his presence on this resort island telegraphed his main message: that the United States is turning its focus to the booming Asia-Pacific region after a decade of preoccupation with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
