Shipping, central to the rise of Atlantic economies, was an extremely hazardous activity. Between 1780s and 1820s, a safety revolution occurred that saw shipping losses insurance rates on oceanic routes almost halved thanks steady improvements in shipbuilding navigation. Copper sheathing, iron reinforcing, flush decks were major innovations shipbuilding. Navigation improved, not through chronom...

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