Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa
E113562
The Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa was a 17th-century English chartered company that held a royal monopoly over trade with West Africa, including a major role in the early transatlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa canonical | 2 |
| Company of Merchants Trading to Africa | 1 |
| Company of Royal Adventurers into Africa | 1 |
| Royal Adventurers into Africa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T964847 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa Context triple: [Royal African Company, precededBy, Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa]
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Captain from Castile
Captain from Castile is a 1947 historical adventure film set during the Spanish Inquisition and Hernán Cortés’s conquest of Mexico, starring Tyrone Power in one of his signature swashbuckling roles.
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Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
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C.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
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A Hazard of New Fortunes
A Hazard of New Fortunes is an 1890 realist novel by William Dean Howells that portrays the social, economic, and cultural tensions of Gilded Age New York City through the experiences of a literary magazine’s staff.
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E.
The Travels of Benjamin the Third
The Travels of Benjamin the Third is a classic 19th-century Yiddish satirical novel that parodies romantic adventure tales through the misadventures of a naive Jewish dreamer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa Target entity description: The Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa was a 17th-century English chartered company that held a royal monopoly over trade with West Africa, including a major role in the early transatlantic slave trade.
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A.
Captain from Castile
Captain from Castile is a 1947 historical adventure film set during the Spanish Inquisition and Hernán Cortés’s conquest of Mexico, starring Tyrone Power in one of his signature swashbuckling roles.
-
B.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
-
C.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
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D.
A Hazard of New Fortunes
A Hazard of New Fortunes is an 1890 realist novel by William Dean Howells that portrays the social, economic, and cultural tensions of Gilded Age New York City through the experiences of a literary magazine’s staff.
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E.
The Travels of Benjamin the Third
The Travels of Benjamin the Third is a classic 19th-century Yiddish satirical novel that parodies romantic adventure tales through the misadventures of a naive Jewish dreamer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English chartered company
ⓘ
monopoly company ⓘ trading company ⓘ |
| activity | transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Company of Royal Adventurers into Africa
Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Adventurers into Africa
|
| associatedWith |
Atlantic world
ⓘ
surface form:
English Atlantic empire
|
| charterGrantedBy | Charles II of England ⓘ |
| charterGrantedIn | 1660 ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1672 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Charles II of England
ⓘ
English courtiers and merchants ⓘ Duke of York ⓘ
surface form:
James, Duke of York
|
| grantedPrivileges |
exclusive trading rights on the West African coast
ⓘ
right to establish forts and factories in Africa ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| historicalPeriod |
Stuart period
ⓘ
surface form:
Restoration era
|
| historicalSignificance | precursor to the Royal African Company in organizing English slave trading ventures ⓘ |
| inception | 1660 ⓘ |
| industry |
overseas trade
ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ |
| legalBasis | royal charter ⓘ |
| legalForm | joint-stock company ⓘ |
| mainCommodities |
gold
ⓘ
ivory ⓘ redwood ⓘ slaves ⓘ |
| monopolyGrantedBy |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Crown
|
| monopolyOn | English trade with West Africa ⓘ |
| notableImpact |
expansion of English forts on the West African coast
ⓘ
precedent for later English chartered trading companies ⓘ |
| operatedDuringReignOf | Charles II of England ⓘ |
| partOf | English colonial expansion ⓘ |
| patron |
Duke of York
ⓘ
surface form:
James, Duke of York
Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ |
| reasonForFailure |
heavy debts
ⓘ
losses during Anglo-Dutch conflicts ⓘ |
| reorganizedAs | Royal African Company ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | early institutionalization of English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| shareholdersIncluded |
English nobility
ⓘ
London merchants ⓘ |
| successor | Royal African Company ⓘ |
| tradingRegion |
The Gambia
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surface form:
Gambia region
Gold Coast ⓘ Guinea Coast ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
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Subject: Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa Description of subject: The Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa was a 17th-century English chartered company that held a royal monopoly over trade with West Africa, including a major role in the early transatlantic slave trade.
Referenced by (5)
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