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oapen-20.500.12657-275852023-03-24T13:06:12Z Gustav Amsinck. Ein Hamburger Großkaufmann in New York Rheinholz, Constanze Nümann, Ekkehard W. Wissenschaftliche Stiftung, Hamburgische Hamburg New York businessman merchant banker economics commerce 19th century 20th century donor Hamburg Scientific Foundation bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History In 1857, the young Hamburg merchant Gustav Amsinck set off for the United States. In the booming metropolis of New York, he expanded his brother's "goods commission and banking business" with skill, diligence and a wealth of ideas. Under his aegis, G. Amsinck & Co. survived revolts in South America, attempts to defraud, and shipwrecks. In addition to its core business which consisted especially of sugar and coffee trading the merchant banker also invested in new barrel tyre patents, prefabricated houses and was involved in the construction of the Panama Canal. Privately, Gustav Amsinck appreciates the beautiful arts and traveling. When the Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung came into being in 1907, he was one of its most important donors. This biography traces the rise of this man, who achieved prestige and wealth with Hanseatic merchants' virtues in the land of unlimited possibilities. 2018-11-15 03:00:32 2020-04-01T11:57:31Z 2020-04-01T11:57:31Z 2011 book 1002420 OCN: 1082945954 9783937816920 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27585 ger Mäzene für Wissenschaft application/pdf 1002420.pdf hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/purl/HamburgUP_MfW11_Amsinck Hamburg University Press 10.15460/HUP.MFW.11.116 10.15460/HUP.MFW.11.116 35685259-3553-4bae-af55-685815864a93 9783937816920 11 Hamburg open access
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In 1857, the young Hamburg merchant Gustav Amsinck set off for the United States. In the booming metropolis of New York, he expanded his brother's "goods commission and banking business" with skill, diligence and a wealth of ideas. Under his aegis, G. Amsinck & Co. survived revolts in South America, attempts to defraud, and shipwrecks. In addition to its core business which consisted especially of sugar and coffee trading the merchant banker also invested in new barrel tyre patents, prefabricated houses and was involved in the construction of the Panama Canal. Privately, Gustav Amsinck appreciates the beautiful arts and traveling. When the Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung came into being in 1907, he was one of its most important donors. This biography traces the rise of this man, who achieved prestige and wealth with Hanseatic merchants' virtues in the land of unlimited possibilities.
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