Britain's Early Trading Companies - Alan Fitzgerald

Some of Britain’s Trading Companies were established far earlier than most people realise. Several are over 500-years old and began trading around the world as representatives of the Government. Several of them, like the Muscovy Company, the East India Company and the Hudson Bay Company, laid the foundations for the early British Colonies that went on to become the bedrock of the Slave Trade and the British Empire. This presentation examines their histories and position in the world order.