Resumen de The Territorial Sea of the Kingdom of Gowa - Makassar
The history of measurement of territorial sea width in international maritime law is influenced by statepractices, theories and doctrines. Recently, a 12-mile wide territorial sea measured using the baselinemethod set out in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 was pre-scribed. Previously, the enforcement of sovereignty over territorial sea was carried out according to theinterests of each country. The Kingdom of Gowa - Makassar, a state entity before Indonesia was madea Dutch colony (Dutch East Indies), was a famous kingdom that controlled sea shipping and trade inthe seventeenth century. Their trade activities reached as far as Kampuchea, Siam, Johor, Moluccas andsurrounding areas. This study examines how the Kingdom of Gowa - Makassar determined its territo-rial sea. By implementing an interpretation and analogy approach, this study concludes that the Gowa- Makassar kingdom employed several methods to determine its territorial sea during its reign
