 | John Barrow - 1845 - 540 pages
...was to be derived. She therefore constituted them a body corporate by the title of " The Governour and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies." The first governor and four and twenty directors were mentioned by name in the .charter ; and power was vested... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1850 - 232 pages
...other individuals of repute, constituting them "one bodie-corporate and politique indeed," by the name of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies. "J A petition was addressed to the Privy Council for their sanction that "the voyage might be proceeded... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 428 pages
...granted ; the " Adventurers " (for so were they termed at that time) were constituted a body corporate, under the title of " the Governor and Company of Merchants of London " trading into the East Indies." By their Charter they obtained the right of purchasing lands without limitation, and the monopoly of... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 446 pages
...granted ; the "Adventurers" (for so were they termed at that time) were constituted a body corporate, under the title of " the Governor and Company of Merchants of London " trading into the East Indies." By their Charter they obtained the right of purchasing lands without limitation, and the monopoly of... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1853 - 738 pages
...the first East India Company. It was incorporated, by a charter from Queen Elizabeth, under the name of " the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies." It was a . very small beginning. A few English traders — ironmongers, clothiers, and other substantial... | |
 | Alexander Somerville - 1853 - 628 pages
...their charter, which was dated the 31st of December, 1600. The Corporation was entitled, " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies :" the first Governor (Thomas Smythe, Esq.,) and 24 Directors were nominated in the charter ; but power was given... | |
 | Alexander Somerville - 1853 - 612 pages
...charter, which was dated the 31st of December, 1600. The Corpora tion was entitled, " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies :" the first Governor (Thomas Smythe, Esq.,) and 24 Directors were nominated in the charter ; but power was given... | |
 | 1855 - 864 pages
...Elizabeth, and the Association was incorporated on the 31st of December 1600, under the designation of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies." Twenty-four Directors were appointed by the Charter, the name of the first Governor being Thomas Smythe.... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1856 - 812 pages
...by Queen Elizabeth on the last day of the year 1800, "as a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies."§ This corporation, after various changes and vicissitudes, is now the Honorable East India Company,... | |
 | 1856 - 788 pages
...by Queen Elizabeth on the last day of the year 1600, " as a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies."§ This corporation, after various changes and vicissitudes, is now the Honorable East India Company,... | |
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The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies. 
