Epstein, Mordecai: The English Levant Company: its foundation and its history to 1640 (London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1908)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

. Period of periodic Charters, to 1605.
C.'TAP. PAGE
I Introduction ...... 1
II The first Charter of the Turkey Company, 1581 16
III The first Charter of the Venice Company, 1583 20
IV The founding of the Levant Company, 1592 25
V The History of the Company from 1592 to 1605 40
II. Period of the permanent Charter, to 1640.
VI Officers and osficials of the Company . . 67
VII Meetings of the Company and Membership . 100
VIII The currant trade and the regulation of trade
in other commodities . . . .109
IX The regulation of shipping . . . 135
X Pirates, Interlopers and Factors . . .141
XI Conclusion . . . . . . .150
APPENDICES
I The Charter of 1605 ..... 153
II Governors of the Company . . . .211
III Ambassadors (to 1640) . . . .213
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