The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, also called the Scottish Darien Company, was an overseas trading company created by an act of the Parliament of Scotland in 1695. The act granted the company a monopoly of Scottish trade to India, Africa, and the Americas, along with extraordinary sovereign rights and twenty-one years of exemption from taxation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Founding Year Founding Date Headquarters Chronology
Dissolved YearWikidata Q2990278, property P576 (dissolved, abolished or demolished date). Classification
Institution SubtypeHistoric Trading Company 1 Geography
Country or Jurisdiction ServedWikidata Q2990278, property P17 (country). In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. Company of Scotland (Wikipedia)
Infobox, founded
26 June 1695
Founding section
On 26 June 1695 the Parliament of Scotland passed the Company of Scotland Act 1695
Infobox, hq_location_city
Edinburgh
Introduction, institution-subtype
The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, also called the Scottish Darien Company, was an overseas trading company created by an act of the Parliament of Scotland in 1695.
In Group: Chartered Colonial and Trading Companies, Lead paragraph
The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, also called the Scottish Darien Company, was an overseas trading company created by an act of the Parliament of Scotland in 1695.
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