AUTHOR: Maria Magdalena TULUŞ GEOPOLITICAL REALITIES OF THE MARITIME DANUBE(1774-1800) Danubius, XXVIII, Galaţi, 2010, pp. 33-58. Abstract During the second half of the XVIIIth century, the territory of the Romanian Principalities acquired a higher geopolitical and geostrategical importance, consequent to the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was passing through a deep political…