A chartered company is an association with investors or shareholders that is incorporated and granted rights (often exclusive rights) by royal charter (or similar instrument of government) for the purpose of trade, exploration, or colonization, or a combination of these.

Notable chartered companies (with years of formation)

American

Austrian

British

The article Chartered Companies in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, by William Bartleet Duffield, contains a detailed narrative description of the development of some of the companies in England and, later, Britain.

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English

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German

Polish-Lithuanian

Portuguese

Russian

Scandinavian

Scottish

Spanish

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See also

Notes

Bibliography

  • Bown, Stephen R. (2010). Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600–1900. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 9780312616113.
  • Ferguson, Niall (2003). Empire—How Britain Made the Modern World. London, United Kingdom: Allan Lane.
  • Micklethwait, John; Wooldridge, Adrian (2003). . New York: Modern Library. ISBN 9780679642497.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  • Ross, R. (1999). . Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521575782.

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