Marine Insurance Origins and Institutions, 1300-1850 /

Since its invention in Italy in the fourteenth century, marine insurance has provided merchants with capital protection in times of crisis, thus oiling the gears of trade and commerce. With a focus on customs, laws, and organisational structures, this book reveals the Italian origins of marine insur...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Leonard, Adrian. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137411389