Note 259 — Chapter V · THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS
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Gerard Malynes writing in 1622, quotes rates of insurance to various ports. He does not give New England, but quotes San Domingo as 12 per cent each way, and the East Indies at 15 per cent. Cf. his Consuetude vel Lex Mercatoria (London, 1636), p. 108.