The French East India Company was a joint stock trading company founded in France in August 1664, planned by Jean-Baptiste Colbert under King Louis XIV to compete with the English and Dutch East India Companies for trade with India and other parts of Asia. Colbert built the company a dedicated home port, Lorient, on France's Atlantic coast. The company passed through repeated insolvency, restructuring and reorganization over the following century, including bankruptcies in 1685 and 1706 and absorption into John Law's Company in 1719, before its trading monopoly was finally abolished in 1790 and the company liquidated in 1794.
Facts
Disputed
Dissolved1794
The company passed through repeated insolvency and reorganization (bankrupt 1685, restructured, bankrupt again 1706, absorbed into John Law's Company in 1719 and continued as the Compagnie des Indes) before its final liquidation in 1794; sources differ on which point marks its true end. Organization TypeChartered trading company 1 Headquarters Cross-Tradition Connections
Sources
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.