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Letters patent of James I granting to the Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East-Indies, the power to sell and to export ungarbled spices Charter 22 May 1609.
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):
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
- James.
- East India Company--History--Sources.
- East India Company.
- Letters patent--England--Early works to 1800.
- Letters patent.
- Spice trade--History--17th century.
- Spice trade.
- Genre:
- Charters and articles of incorporation
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1609.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: IOR/A/1/4
- Dated '7, 42 James I'. This licence was issued because the large quantities of spice that the Company sold abroad made the the selling of cleaned spices, which prevailed at the time, impractical.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed March 5, 2025).
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