Mercantile Factor
In a relatively large company, there could be a hierarchy, including several grades of factor, such as
- Chief factor, e.g. Alexander Grant Dallas (1816-07-25 – 1882-01-03) was both Chief Factor of the west-of-the-Rockies portion of the Hudson's Bay Company and the Governor of Rupert's Land.
The Dutch and British East Indies companies based factors all over Asia. In China and Japan, until each country was opened, trade was limited to two small island, Dejima In Nagasaki and Shamian Island in Canton (now Guangzhou). In Nagasaki the trading post was referred to as the Dutch Factory and in Canton as the Canton Factories or Thirteen Factories
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