Compagnie des Indes

Compagnie des Indes (lit. 'Company of the Indies') may refer to several French chartered companies involved in long-distance trading:

• First French East Indies Company, in existence from 1604 to 1614
• French West India Company, active in the Western Hemisphere from 1664 to 1674
• Louis XIV's East India Company also established in 1664, merged into Law's Company in 1719
• John Law's Company, established in 1717 as Compagnie d'Occident and rebranded as Compagnie des Indes in 1719, placed into government receivership in April 1721
• French Indies Company, created in 1723 from the reorganization of the non-monetary operations of Law's Company, liquidated in 1770
• Compagnie de Calonne, established in 1785 and liquidated in 1794

See also

• Compagnie de Chine
• List of French colonial trading companies