the world's great monopolies of the modern era
organizations such as the Dutch East India Company, the Dutch West India Company, the English East India Company, the Russian American Company, the Hudson Bay Company or the British South Africa Company had 1600-1900 for profit and 'homeland', the world also economically conquered by military means. Relation these quasi-governmental trade organizations with names like Peter Styvesant are Pieterszoon Coen and Sir George Simpson. The book ' Merchant-Kings when companies ruled the World ' describes the story of six of these 'big' business-minded, ruthless and charming personalities and their powerful trade organizations. 
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