Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
The Legal Quays: Sir William Paulet, First Marquis of Winchester Sir William Paulet (c.1483-1572) is perhaps unique in his long...
Discovering Australia: The legend and the reality of the navigator-explorer Matthew Flinders Matthew Flinders is remembered as one of Britain’s greatest navigator-explorers...
The Dutch East Indies Company - The Second 100 Years This lecture focuses on the second hundred years of the...
The Dutch East Indies Company - The First 100 Years For a period of over 200 years, starting in the...