Trade label of the South Sea Company Finish:Rolled c1869-1902

c1869-1902

View of Field Court

holding a lancet in one hand

with the Royal Navy land encampment during the salvage operation

Charles Montagu was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1695

Trade label of the South Sea Company Finish:Rolled c1869-1902Trade label of the South Sea Company, 18th century (1894). The South Sea Company was founded in 1711 in order to trade with Spanish America on the assumption that the War of the Spanish Succession would end soon with a favourable treaty allowing trading. The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 was not as favourable as hoped, although confidence was boosted when George I became governor of the company. However by September 1720, in what became known as the South