Moretus, Johannes Jacobus
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Head of the Moretus-family of financiers - the richest in Antwerp. Owned the world-famous Plantijn printing house. Corresponded a lot with agents in Copenhagen for information about the markets. (Gøbel, 2015:68)
Timeline
1732 onwards - Invests in bottomry loans at Asiatisk Kompagni. (Gøbel, 2015:68)
1736 - Bought stocks in the new Kurantbanken. (Gøbel, 2015:68)
1747 - Starts buying stock in Vestindisk-Guineisk Kompagni. (Gøbel, 2015:68)
1751 - Owned 34½ shares in Vestindisk-Guineisk Kompagni with his family members Moretus, Balthazar and Moretus, F.F.. (Gøbel, 2015:68)
