Economy - Name of companies

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Please suggest names of companies, factories, workshops, science organizations that existed between 1600 and 1830

Naval empires only please

 

Example format

 

England

East India Company

Royal Navy

Royal Society

Armstrong Iron Works

Carron Company

 

Spain 

Casa de Contratación

 

Russia

Avzyan Iron Works

 

France.... 

[Johny Reb]

The following was found through internet search, not from personal knowledge

 

Ironworks

British:

The Cyfarthfa Ironworks was a major 18th century and 19th century ironworks located in Cyfarthfa, on the north-western edge of Merthyr Tydfil, in South Wales

The Dowlais Ironworks was a major ironworks and steelworks located at Dowlais near Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales.

 

American:

Falling Creek Iron Works

Baltimore Iron Works 1731

 

Science Organizations

Danish:

Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (Danish: Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab) is a Danish non-governmental science Academy, founded in 1742 for the advancement of science in Denmark.

 

British:

The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity, operating on a wholly independent and non-party-political basis and providing public benefit throughout Scotland. Established in 1783,

The Linnean Society of London is the world's premier society for the study and dissemination of taxonomy and natural history.^{[1] 1788}

The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often abbreviated as the Royal Institution or RI) is an organisation devoted to scientific education and research, based in London.1799

 

French:

The Bureau des Longitudes is a French scientific institution, founded by decree of 25 June 1795 and charged with the improvement of nautical navigation, standardisation of time-keeping, geodesy and astronomical observation

[SeaDog]

France Companies: Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales

                                Compagnie Française de Saint Domingue

[Dagann]

France

La Compagnie des Indes

La Marine Royale/ La Marine Impériale

L'Académie des sciences/ L'Académie Royale des sciences/ L'Académie Impériale des sciences

Manufacture de Saint-Étienne/ Manufacture Royale d'Armes de Saint-Étienne  (weapons)

 

 Names sometimes change with political systems changes.

[D. Federico de Gravina y N]

Spain

 

Real Compañía de la Habana(1740)  Tobacco.

Real Compañía de Comercio de Barcelona.

Real Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas(1728).

[Bart Smith]

Hanseatic League on Northen Europe (multinantional) Main area covered from Holland to Inflants (Estonia currently) Here is a map:

And here is map of trade main trade routes for Hanse:

And interesting fact: Hanseatic League got biggest vessel of era:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adler_von_L%C3%BCbeck

 

Even in hard times for our country we got: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompania_Handlowa_Polska

 

DUTCH: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch2en/conc2en/map_VOC_Trade_Network.html

NORTH AMERICA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson's_Bay_Company

FRANCE: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219044/French-East-India-Company

[Hyperion74]

Man, a lot of you lads have a better grip on history than I do. I salute you gentlemen.

[SeethDark]

Classification societies:

 

Britain : Lloyd's Register (1760)

 

France: Bureau Veritas (1828)

 

US: American Bureau of Shipping (1862)

 

Norway: Det Norske Veritas (1864)

 

Germany: Germanishen Lloyd (1867)

 

Italy: Registro Italiano Navale (1861)

 

'A classification society is a non govermental organisation that establishes and maintains technical standards for the construction and operation of ships and offshore structures. The society will also validate that construction is according to these standards and carry out regular surveys in service to ensure compliance with the standards.'          ...wiki quote

 

As i mentioned in some post before, this kind organizations could be used in game for example to register ships name, or obtain historical ship name to be able in use by player.

[Thundershield]

Denmark-Norway:

 

Danish West India Company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_West_India_Company

 

Danish East India Company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_East_India_Company

 

The Royal Greenland Trading Department. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Greenland_Trading_Department

 

General Trade Company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Trade_Company

[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

By no means complete, just a few I dredged up off of Wiki in the 1700s and very early 1800s:

 

England

Companies:

• Allen and Hanbury's (Pharmaceuticals, London)
• Browns and Chester (Department Store, Chester - Could traffic in trade goods from other countries)
• Coats PLC (Textiles, Scotland)
• Courtaulds (Textiles, Essex)
• Dowlais Ironworks (Wales)
• Melingriffith Tin Plate Works (Wales)
• Seager Evans & Co. (Distillers, London)
• Thwaites and Reed (Clockmakers, London)
• Vesuvius PLC (Glassmaker, London)
• Wilkinson Sword (Guns, swords)

 

Ship Yards:

• Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
• Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
• Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
• Chatham Royal Dockyard
• Harwich Royal Dockyard
• Sheerness Royal Dockyard
• Plymouth Royal Dockyard

France

Companies

• Debauve & Gallais (Chocolatier, 
• Saint-Louis (Glassmaker, Lorraine)

 

Ship Yards:

• Navy Island (Ontario, Canada)

The Netherlands

Companies:

• Det Bergen Grønlandske Compagnie (Founded/Administrated Dutch Colonies in Greenland)
• Scheurleer & Zoonen (Precious Metals Traders, the Hague)
• Sociëteit van Berbice (Trading Company, Guyana)
• Van Gend & Loos (Distribution Company, Amsterdam)

Prussia/Germany

Companies:

• Emden Company (Trading, primarily with China, Emden, Prussia)
• Verlag Herder (Publishing, Freiburg im Breisgau)

Shipyards:

• Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik (Hamburg)

 

Spain

Companies:

• Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas (Venezuela - Trade goods like Tobacco and Cocoa

 

Ship Yards:

• Havana

 

United States

Companies:

• American Fur Company (New York City)
• Colgate Co. (Chandelry and Soap, New York City)
• Crane & Co. (Paper, Cotton-based products)
• DuPont (Gunpowder and Explosives, Wilmington, Delaware)
• Freeman's Auctioneers (Auctionhouse - could trade in anything, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Fort Pitt Foundry (Ironworks, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Rogers Orchards (Agriculture - Fruit, etc, Southington, Connecticut) 
• Valentine & Co. (Paint/Coatings, Boston, Massachusetts)

 

Ship Yards:

• Charlestown Navy Yard (Now Boston Navy Yard)
• New York Naval Shipyard
• Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
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