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William Courteen

Type Figure Region Worldwide Time 1572–1636 Also known as William Courteen、Courteen Association

William Courteen (1572–1636), English merchant and advocate of East India trade.…

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1631–1636London · LondonIn the 1630s the Courteen Association established trading posts on the Indian subcontinent and in the Moluccas, directly challenging the Dutch East India Company's spice monopoly. Burdened by debt and Dutch military pressure, Courteen died in 1636 and his commercial empire collapsed with him.

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William Courteen https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-6518