Society For Navigation On Essequibo And Adjacent Rivers
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Society For Navigation On Essequibo And Adjacent Rivers
The ''Essequibo Society'', in Dutch: ''Sociëteit van Essequibo,'' (SVE), full name in 18th century Dutch ''Societeyt ter Navigatie op Essequebo en annexe Rivieren,'' was a Dutch trading company headquartered in Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg, founded in 1771 and disestablished in 1788. The society was founded to preserve Zeeland´s preferential trading rights to Essequibo (colony), Essequibo. It went bankrupt as a consequence of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. History Foundation The right to trade on Essequibo River and Demerara River had been reserved for residents of Zeeland since 1670, a privilege that was exploited mainly by the Zeeland Chamber of the Dutch West India Company. As the trade grew in significance, the Zeeland monopoly was questioned. In reaction, in 1754 merchants from Zeeland developed a project for the establishment of an Essequibo Society. The project did not materialize at the time. In 1771, Willem V finally promoted a regulation that opened up the marke ...
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A chartered company is an association with investors or shareholders that is Incorporation (business), incorporated and granted rights (often Monopoly, exclusive rights) by royal charter (or similar instrument of government) for the purpose of trade, exploration, or colonization, or a combination of these. Notable chartered companies (with years of formation) Austrian British The article ''Chartered Companies'' in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Eleventh Edition, by William Bartleet Duffield, contains a detailed narrative description of the development of some of the companies in England and, later, Britain. Dutch English French German Polish-Lithuanian Portuguese Russian *1799–1867 Russian-American Company Scandinavian Scottish Spanish Italian From 3 August 1889 to 15 May 1893 Filonardi was the first Governor of Italian Somaliland and was in charge of an Italian company responsible for the administra ...
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