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Jardine and Matheson found Canton trading firm

1832 · importance 2/5 · ai_extracted

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The Ascent of Money whole source · open book
William Jardine and James Matheson were buccaneering Scotsmen who had set up a trading company in the southern Chinese port of Guangzhou (then known as Canton) in 1832.

chapter: 6: From Empire to Chimerica

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Start date (EDTF) 1832 End date (EDTF, empty for a point event)

1914 · 1914-07-28 · -0489 (490 BCE) · 1930~ (circa) · 19XX (century) · 197X (decade)

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