The Hamburg marine insurance, 1736-1859 / by Markus A. Denzel ; translated by Franziska Streng.
| Author/creator | Denzel, Markus A. |
| Other author | Streng, Franziska. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] |
| Description | xv, 419 pages : illustrations ; cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-406) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Translated from the German. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022010432 |
| ISBN | 9789004345294 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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