British South Sea Company

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finance company joint-stock company trading company

The British South Sea Company was an early 18th-century English trading and finance corporation notorious for its role in the South Sea Bubble and its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
South Sea Company	6
British South Sea Company canonical	2
The Governor and Company of the Merchants of Great Britain Trading to the South Seas and other Parts of America and for Encouraging the Fishery	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	finance company ⓘ joint-stock company ⓘ trading company ⓘ
acquiredAsientoFrom	Spain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British South Sea Company ⓘ surface form: South Sea Company British South Sea Company ⓘ surface form: The Governor and Company of the Merchants of Great Britain Trading to the South Seas and other Parts of America and for Encouraging the Fishery
asientoGrantedByTreaty	Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
charterGrantedBy	Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Queen Anne
consequenceOfBubble	financial ruin for many investors ⓘ increased role of the Bank of England ⓘ reforms in British financial regulation ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolvedInYear	1853 ⓘ
engagedIn	speculative share issues ⓘ
foundedInYear	1711 ⓘ
grantedBy	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
heldMonopolyOn	British trade in the South Seas ⓘ Asiento de Negros ⓘ surface form: asiento de negros (slave trade contract with Spanish America)
historicalPeriod	Georgian era ⓘ early 18th century ⓘ
industry	finance ⓘ international trade ⓘ
involvedIn	transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
issued	shares ⓘ
keyFigure	George I of Great Britain ⓘ James Craggs the Younger ⓘ John Aislabie ⓘ John Blunt ⓘ Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer ⓘ surface form: Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford
legacy	case study in financial regulation history ⓘ symbol of speculative financial bubbles ⓘ
locatedOnStreet	Threadneedle Street ⓘ
mainOffice	South Sea House ⓘ
notableFor	South Sea Bubble ⓘ collapse of share price in 1720 ⓘ speculative financial mania in 1720 ⓘ
operatedDuringReignOf	George I of Great Britain ⓘ George II of Great Britain ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Queen Anne
primaryPurpose	management and conversion of British national debt ⓘ trade in South America and the Pacific (South Seas) ⓘ
regulatedBy	Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: British government
roleInBritishEconomy	conversion of government debt into company shares ⓘ management of portions of the national debt ⓘ
subjectOfInvestigation	Parliamentary inquiry after 1720 crash ⓘ
tradedIn	government annuities ⓘ
yearOfSouthSeaBubble	1720 ⓘ