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Company of Scotland

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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/

Facts
Founding Year
1695 1
Founding Date
1695-06-26 1
Headquarters
Edinburgh, Scotland 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1707 2
Wikidata Q2990278, property P576 (dissolved, abolished or demolished date).
Classification
Institution Subtype
Historic Trading Company 1
Geography
Country or Jurisdiction Served
Kingdom of Scotland 2
Wikidata Q2990278, property P17 (country).
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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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2. Wikidata
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