French East India Company
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french-east-india-company-207-10011859
title:
French East India Company
text:
The French East India Company was a joint-stock company founded in France on 1 September 1664 to compete with the English and Dutch trading companies in the East Indies. Planned by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, it was chartered by King Louis XIV for the purpose of trading in the Eastern Hemisphere. It resulted from the fusion of three earlier companies, the 1660 Compagnie de Chine, the Compagnie d'Orient and Compagnie de Madagascar. The first Director General for the Company was François de la Faye, wh
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description:
Defunct French trading company
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_East_India_Company
date created:
2002-12-09T07:04:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T02:32:30Z
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