...introduced on 17 May by which the government's unsecured creditors were to be incorporated as 'the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain...the South Seas and other parts of America and for running the Fishery'; and on 12 June it received the royal assent. Much later, after the South Sea...

...another financial development in Great Britain. This was the establishment in 1711 of 'the Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America and for Encouragement of the fishing', popularly known as the South Sea Company.a7 The company was founded...

...the said Assiento ; And whereas we have been graciously pleased to give and grant to the Goyernour and Company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas, and other parts of _ America, and for encouraging the fishery, the said licenses and Assiento, and as an instance of our...

...which the South Sea Company (actually the full and splendidly rolling name of the enterprise was The Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain...Seas and Other Parts of America and for Encouraging Fishery) was merely the most notorious. Its shares were issued at £100 and started 1720 at £128 10s...

...by a charter, authorised by act of Parliament, which incorporated "the Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing". The initial assets of the company were twofold. First, it was to have...

...May 1711 when the House of Commons passed a resolution establishing the 'Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America and for the encouragement of fishing'. The venture was designed to bring wealth to its investors but unfortunately...