British South Sea Company

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The British South Sea Company was an early 18th-century English trading and finance corporation notorious for its role in the South Sea Bubble and its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf finance company ⓘ
joint-stock company ⓘ
trading company ⓘ
acquiredAsientoFrom Spain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs South Sea Company ⓘ
The Governor and Company of the Merchants of Great Britain Trading to the South Seas and other Parts of America and for Encouraging the Fishery ⓘ
asientoGrantedByTreaty Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
charterGrantedBy Queen Anne ⓘ
consequenceOfBubble financial ruin for many investors ⓘ
increased role of the Bank of England ⓘ
reforms in British financial regulation ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolvedInYear 1853 ⓘ
engagedIn speculative share issues ⓘ
foundedInYear 1711 ⓘ
grantedBy Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
heldMonopolyOn British trade in the South Seas ⓘ
asiento de negros (slave trade contract with Spanish America) ⓘ
linked to: Asiento de Negros
historicalPeriod Georgian era ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ
industry finance ⓘ
international trade ⓘ
involvedIn transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
issued shares ⓘ
keyFigure George I of Great Britain ⓘ
James Craggs the Younger ⓘ
John Aislabie ⓘ
John Blunt ⓘ
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford ⓘ
legacy case study in financial regulation history ⓘ
symbol of speculative financial bubbles ⓘ
locatedOnStreet Threadneedle Street ⓘ
mainOffice South Sea House ⓘ
notableFor South Sea Bubble ⓘ
collapse of share price in 1720 ⓘ
speculative financial mania in 1720 ⓘ
operatedDuringReignOf George I of Great Britain ⓘ
George II of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Queen Anne ⓘ
primaryPurpose management and conversion of British national debt ⓘ
trade in South America and the Pacific (South Seas) ⓘ
regulatedBy British government ⓘ
roleInBritishEconomy conversion of government debt into company shares ⓘ
management of portions of the national debt ⓘ
subjectOfInvestigation Parliamentary inquiry after 1720 crash ⓘ
tradedIn government annuities ⓘ
yearOfSouthSeaBubble 1720 ⓘ

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asiento de negros contract → grantedTo → British South Sea Company ⓘ
South Sea Bubble → mainCompanyInvolved → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
South Sea Bubble → relatedCompany → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) → relatedTo → British South Sea Company ⓘ
Asiento granted to Britain → mainBeneficiary → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
Asiento granted to Britain → implementedBy → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
British South Sea Company → alsoKnownAs → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
British South Sea Company → alsoKnownAs → The Governor and Company of the Merchants of Great Britain Trading to the South Seas and other Parts of America and for Encouraging the Fishery ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
Bubble Act 1720 → relatedTo → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) → relatedTo → British South Sea Company ⓘ
Asiento de Negros → notableContractor → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
Asiento de Negros → notableContractor → British South Sea Company ⓘ
South Sea House → headquartersOf → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
South Sea House → associatedWith → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
South Sea House → ownedBy → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
John Blunt → employer → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
Bubble Act → relatedTo → South Sea Company ⓘ
linked to: British South Sea Company
South Sea Bubble → mainSubject → South Sea Company ⓘ
subject linked to: Aislabie
linked to: British South Sea Company
John Aislabie → associatedWith → South Sea Company ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: British South Sea Company