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Letters patent of Charles I granting to the Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East-Indies, the power to ship bullion, 21 Nov 1631 Charter 21 Nov 1631.
East India Company: Module 1, Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947 (India Office Records, A - D) Available online
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
- Charles.
- East India Company--History--Sources.
- East India Company.
- Letters patent--England--Early works to 1800.
- Letters patent.
- Genre:
- Charters and articles of incorporation
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1631.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: IOR/A/1/16
- Dated '6 Charles I'. Since English goods were not in demand in the Spice Islands the Company used bullion to buy cottons and silks in Persia and India. These goods were then shipped to the Spice Islands, where they were traded for the spices needed for the home market.
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