Muscovy Company

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chartered company monopoly trading company

The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chartered company ⓘ monopoly ⓘ trading company ⓘ
activity	overland trade from Russia to Persia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Muscovy Company ⓘ surface form: Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands Russia Company ⓘ
charterGrantedBy	Edward VI of England ⓘ
charterGrantedIn	1555 ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolved	1917 ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
era	Tudor period ⓘ
establishedTradingPost	Archangel ⓘ Kholmogory ⓘ Moscow ⓘ
explorationRole	pioneered northern sea route to Russia ⓘ sponsored voyages in search of Northeast Passage ⓘ
fieldOfWork	exploration ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
foundedBy	Hugh Willoughby ⓘ London merchants ⓘ Richard Chancellor ⓘ John Cabot ⓘ surface form: Sebastian Cabot
grantedMonopolyOn	English trade with Russia ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
historicalSignificance	first major English joint-stock trading company ⓘ opened northern sea routes between England and Russia ⓘ
inception	1551 ⓘ
influenced	English Russia policy ⓘ later English chartered companies ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalForm	joint-stock company ⓘ
lostExclusiveRights	1698 ⓘ
monopolyRestricted	late 17th century ⓘ
notableVoyage	1553 voyage of Richard Chancellor to the White Sea ⓘ
patron	Elizabeth I of England ⓘ Mary I of England ⓘ
primaryCommodity	English woolen cloth ⓘ caviar ⓘ furs ⓘ hemp ⓘ hides ⓘ tar ⓘ timber ⓘ wax ⓘ
significantEvent	establishment of direct diplomatic relations between England and Russia ⓘ
tradedWith	Tsardom of Russia ⓘ surface form: Grand Duchy of Moscow Tsardom of Russia ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muscovy Company → alsoKnownAs → Muscovy Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands

Russia Company → alternativeName → Muscovy Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands

Richard Chancellor → associatedWith → Muscovy Company ⓘ

Henry Hudson → employer → Muscovy Company ⓘ

Richard Chancellor → employer → Muscovy Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands

Richard Chancellor → employer → Muscovy Company ⓘ

William Baffin → employer → Muscovy Company ⓘ

Discovery → operatedBy → Muscovy Company ⓘ

subject surface form: Discovery (Henry Hudson's ship)

Richard Chancellor → patron → Muscovy Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands

Discovery → usedBy → Muscovy Company ⓘ

subject surface form: Discovery (Henry Hudson's ship)