Author: Graham Henderson
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The Company of Adventurers Ltd – a history
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I first heard the phrase ‘the company of adventurers’ when I was 19 years old and was studying for 6 months in Ontario, Canada. It was the unofficial nickname of The Hudson’s Bay Company, Canada’s oldest and most famous institution. Created by Royal Charter in 1670 the company is the oldest incorporated joint-stock merchandising company…