Levant Company - Wikipedia
WEBThe Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Elizabeth I of England approved its initial charter on 11 September 1592 when the Venice Company (1583) and the Turkey Company (1581) merged, because their charters had expired, as she was eager to maintain trade and political alliances with the Ottoman Empire . [1]
Levant Company | Encyclopedia.com
WEBLevant Company. The Governor and Company of Merchants of England trading into the Levant Seas—usually referred to as the Levant Company, or Turkey Company—was founded by royal charter in 1581. Its powers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were derived from fresh charters in 1606 and 1661 that gave to …
The strange death of the Levant company (and how a clock …
WEB2 June 2022 By Sean Lusk. Sean Lusk’s debut novel, The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley, was inspired by an 18th-century clock he found in a back alley of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. Why would British clockwork be of interest in the Ottoman Empire? So began his interest in the Levant Company, once a powerful force, now hardly remembered.
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The Turkey Merchants: Life in the Levant Company | History Today
WEBThe Levant Company, or Company of Turkey Merchants as it was also known, received its first charter in 1582 from Queen Elizabeth. The need for new markets for English cloth and anxiety about access to essential spices from the Far East prompted English merchants to seek to trade directly with the Levant where previously they had been content to ...
Levant Company - Wikiwand
WEBThe Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Elizabeth I of England approved its initial charter on 11 September 1592 when the Venice Company (1583) and the Turkey Company (1581) merged, because their charters had expired, as she was eager to maintain trade and political alliances with the Ottoman Empire.
A History of the Levant Company - 1st Edition - Routledge
WEBThe Levant Company was an English chartered company with Elizabeth I of England approving its initial charter on 11 September 1592, in order to maintain trade and political alliances with the Ottoman Empire. It includes manuscripts from the Public Record Office, printed materials and documented voyages and travels.
British-Ottoman Diplomacy and the Making of Maritime Law
WEBAug 21, 2015 · Known as the Levant Company, the institution ensured that from the late 16th to the early 19th century there was little distinction between merchants and statesmen when it came to British diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire.
Collections Online | British Museum
WEBAppointed and paid for consuls and ambassadors. Held the monopoly for trading in the Levant. In 1606 the system of granting 5 year licences ceased and these became perpetual. The history of Britain's and Turkey's relations can be witnessed through the Levant Company. Dissolved by an Act of Parliament.
A History of the Levant Company - Google Books
WEBMay 13, 2013 · The Levant Company was an English chartered company with Elizabeth I of England approving its initial charter on 11 September 1592, in order to maintain trade and political alliances with the...
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