Sea of Crete Sea of Crete The Sea of Crete (, "Kritiko Pelagos") or Cretan Sea, is a sea, part of the Aegean Sea, located in its Southern extremity. The sea stretches to the North of the island of Crete, East of the islands of Kythera and Antikythera, South of the Cyclades, and West of the Dodecanese islands of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kassos. The bounding sea to the West is the Ionian Sea. To the Northwest is the Myrtoan Sea, a subdivision of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between the Cyclades and Peloponnese. To the East-SE is the rest of the Mediterranean Sea,
Book of the Consulate of the Sea called " Ordinacions de Ribera", which established norms for policing harbours and coastal waters." The merit of the "Book of the Consulate of the Sea" is that it is the first work to collect the scattered laws and customs of Roman, Greek, Byzantine, Rhodian, Italian, French and Spanish maritime rights"." Until the publication of the " Ordonnance de la Marine " in France in 1681, the "Book of the Consulate of the Sea" was the code of maritime law in force throughout the Mediterranean. In Spain it continued in use until the introduction of the Spanish "Commercial Code." "The Book