Copy Letters Patent of Elizabeth I granting to the Earl of Cumberland and 215 others the power to form a corporate body to be called the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies" and naming Thomas Smith the first governor

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Title: Copy Letters Patent of Elizabeth I granting to the Earl of Cumberland and 215 others the power to form a corporate body to be called the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies" and naming Thomas Smith the first governor
Date: 31 Dec 1600
Description: Dated '43 Elizabeth I' (the 43rd year of Elizabeth's reign ran from 17 Nov 1600 to 16 Nov 1601). The 'Indies' as defined in the charter extend from The Cape of Good Hope to the Straits of Magellan. This copy of the charter is a contemporary transcript; the original is lost.