Ostend Company
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The Ostend Company was a private company established in 1717 to trade with the Indies. The success of the Dutch, English and French East India Companies led the merchants and shipowners of Ostend in the Austrian Netherlands to desire to establish direct commercial relations with the Indies. The emperor Charles VI encouraged his subjects to raise subscriptions for the new enterprise, but did not grant a charter or letters patent. The company was abolished in 1731.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
