English East India Company director and merchant whose England's Treasure by Forraign Trade, written around 1630 and published posthumously by his son in 1664, became known as the manifesto of English mercantilism, arguing that a nation grows wealthy by selling more abroad than it consumes in imports. He died in 1641.
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Most notably, he is known for serving as the director of the East India Company.
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