Description
The Risky Business database (RBDB) is a multinational, public database that collects and preserves marine insurance (MI) prices, 14th-19th century. RBDB combines existing private databases and new data from primary sources. The multidisciplinary network is still expanding and includes academics from the Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK and France.
| Date made available | 22 Jul 2022 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Vrije Unviersiteit |
| Temporal coverage | 1 Jan 1390 - 1 Jan 1870 |
| Geographical coverage | global |
Keywords
- marine insurance
- premium
- trade
- transport
- medieval
- early modern
- pre modern
- modern
- italy
- low countries
- amsterdam
- rotterdam
- dubrovnik
- genua
- digital humanities
- comparative
- economic institutions
- risk management
- risk
- insurance
- hull
- slavery
- NWO
- Samenwerkende maritieme fondsen