Title The Hamburg marine insurance, 1736-1859 / by Markus A. Denzel ; translated by Franziska Streng

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource Series Brill's studies in maritime history, 2405-4917 ; volume 12 Contents Spreading the risk : marine insurance as a commercial and financial innovation in Europe up to the eighteenth century -- An entrepôt in the north : Hamburg as a centre of maritime trace and transport -- Depending on the city's commerce : the 'regional' Hamburg insurance market in the eighteenth century -- A business of its own : the 'global' Hamburg insurance market in the nineteenth century -- From Arkhangelsk to Cádiz : marine insurance rates for destinations in the Atlantic -- From Málaga to Smyrna : marine insurance rates for destinations in teh Mediterranean Sea -- From the sound to Saint Petersburg : marine insurance rates for destinations in the Baltic Sea -- From New York to Lima : marine insurance rates for destinations in the Americas Summary "Since 1736, Hamburg's price current consistently listed the marine insurance premiums of the Hanseatic Town as well as of many other European ports. Based on the long-term analysis of these quotations over the course of about 120 years, this book sheds light on the factors of influence (such as weather conditions, wars and piracy, to name a few) which interfered with European and intercontinental maritime trade. The cause of the long-term decline of premium rates and, by extension also of transaction costs is understood as a consequence of both the restoration of security on the high seas after the Napoleonic Wars and the elimination of the last nests of piracy around 1830"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Translated from the German Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Marine insurance -- Germany -- Hamburg -- History -- 18th century Marine insurance -- Germany -- Hamburg -- History -- 19th century Shipping -- Germany -- Hamburg Merchant marine -- History -- 18th century Merchant marine -- History -- 19th century Commerce Marine insurance Merchant marine Shipping SUBJECT Hamburg (Germany) -- Commerce Subject Germany -- Hamburg Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Streng, Franziska, translator LC no. 2022010433 ISBN 9789004510265 9004510265

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