THE GREAT CHARTERED COMPANIES (1926)

Stunning work about early chartered companies in period of 1533-1889, including The Dutch West India Company, The Hudson's Bay Company, The Dutch East India Company, Russian (or Muscovy) Company, The East India Company, Eastland Company, The Levant Company, The Virginia Company, Old Providence Company, etc.

Contains a detailed description about all early chartered companies (by chapters):

1) The First Great Companies (Eastland Company, The "Mysterie" (i.e. Mastery) and Company, Russian (or Muscovy) Company, Regulated Company, Joint Stock Company, The English Company, The Levant Company, The Turkey Company, The East India Company)

2) The Big Brothers (English East India Company and Dutch East India Company)

3) The Virginia Company

4) Taking Hold (The British East India Company and The Virginia Company)

5) The Fight for the Islands

6) The Infancy of John Company

7) In the Other Indies (Western Virginia Company, The Guinea Company, The South Sea, Old Providence Company, Levant Company)

8) The Work of the Two Companies (English East India Company and Dutch East India Company)

9) The Dutch West India Company

10) The French Companies and Others

Hardcovers; Text in English; Collation complete - Title page, 258 pages; Very good condition overall. Binding is tight and firm, spine ends little bumped. Pages/text block in good condition, very bright and clear, with light foxing to the title page and first 40 pages (mostly to white margins) and occasional foxing to a subsequent few pages. Ex-libris labels to end-paper chart and water stamp to the title page.

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