 | Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson - 1906 - 474 pages
...constituted the petitioners into " one body corporate and politick, in deed and in name, by the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies," with legal succession, the power to purchase lands, to sue and be sued, and to have a common seal.... | |
 | Julius Richter - 1908 - 508 pages
...Queen Elizabeth issued the Charter "To one Body Corporate and Politik, in Deed and in Name, by the name of The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies." Thus came into being the famous East India Company, which for two and a half centuries (until 1858)... | |
 | John Fryer - 1909 - 490 pages
...Company. On the last day of the year 1600, Queen Elizabeth incorporated the subscribers, 217 in number, under the title of " The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies." In this document entitled "A Priuledge for XVteene Yeares, granted by her 1 It is remarkable that accounts... | |
 | Sir Edward Blunt - 1911 - 334 pages
...granted to the Earl of Cumberland, and 215 knights, aldermen and merchants, trading under the name of " the Governor and Company of merchants of London trading into the East Indies." It is unnecessary here to tell the tale of all the various "joint stocks " and separate voyages ; for... | |
 | George Howells - 1913 - 654 pages
...the last day of the year 1600 Queen Elizabeth incorporated by Royal Charter the East India Company under the title of "The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies." In the early years most of the trading was done with the Spice Archipelago, and it was not till 1608... | |
 | Edgar Thurston - 1913 - 318 pages
...price of pepper against the English from 3^. to 6s. and 8s. per pound. The Company was incorporated under the title of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, and five ships were chartered for the first voyage. Special silver coins, bearing the arms of Queen... | |
 | Sir Cecil Thomas Carr - 1913 - 496 pages
...been humble suitors unto Us that We would graciously vouchsafe newly to incorporate them by the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the Levant Seas and to grant unto them such liberties and authorities as by Us shall be thought most meet... | |
 | Panchanandas Mukherji - 1915 - 570 pages
...of them henceforth be, and shall be one Body Corporate and Politic, in deed and in name, by the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies." "The said Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies, and their successors... | |
 | Vincent Arthur Smith - 1916 - 394 pages
...incorporation under charter from Queen Elizabeth of the East India Company in its first form as ' The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies '. The Portuguese and Dutch did their best to hinder the progress of their new rivals, but the Portuguese... | |
 | Edward Pulsford - 1917 - 268 pages
...The East India Company. Queen Elizabeth incorporated the Company by Royal Charter, December 31, 1600, under the title of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies." Sole trade rights were granted to this company in various directions, and it was supported by many... | |
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The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies. 
