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Eastland Company
The Eastland Company, or North Sea Company, was an English crown-chartered company, founded in 1579 to foster trade with Scandinavia and Baltic states. This was an attempt by the English to challenge the Hanseatic League's dominance in the commerce of Western and Central Europe.
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