Private company
Courteen association
English trading company
The Courteen association, later called the Assada company was an English trading company founded in 1635 in an attempt to break the monopoly of the East India Company in trade with India. The East India Company was founded by a charter in 1600 with a fifteen-year monopoly on trade with the east and extended in 1609 by King James I to an indefinite period subject to a 3-year notice of the revocation.2 It ceased to exist in 1657.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Courteen association, later called the Assada company was an English trading company founded in 1635 in an attempt to break the monopoly of the East India Company in trade with India.2
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- WikipediaCourteen association
- WikidataQ5178454
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- 1WikidataCourteen association on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCourteen association on Wikipedia