Records, 1711-1846 [microform] / South Sea Company.

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Records, 1711-1846 [microform] / South Sea Company.

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Collection includes the original and official copies of letters, records, memorials, applications, petitions, minutes of proceedings of the Court of Directors of the South Sea Company, instructions to commanders of ships in the company's service, and registers of the South Sea Company.

91 v.

Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library

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Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library

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South Sea Company

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British company founded in 1711 to trade, chiefly in slaves, with Spanish America. The resulting speculation mania that led to ruin for many investors was known as the South Sea Bubble. Company dissolved in 1753. From the description of Records of the South Sea Company, 1712-1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982201 The South Sea Company was founded in 1711 to trade (mainly in slaves) with Spanish America, on the assumption that the War of the Spanish Succession, then dr...