...Headquarters: New York. In 1899, the company was established in New Jersey as United Fruit Co., a merger between Boston Fruit Co. (established in 1885), a banana import and sales company, and a dozen affiliated companies of Minor Cooper Keith (1848-1927), who had successfully managed banana plantations in Costa Rica in Central America. After that, the company expanded its banana plantation management in Central and South America, while also moving into railroads, shipping, warehousing, insurance and other businesses, becoming a major colonial company that had a near monopoly on the cultivation, import and sale of bananas in Central and South America. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Keith, MC" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…本社ニューヨーク。1899年,バナナの輸入販売会社ボストン・フルーツ社(1885設立)と中米のコスタリカでバナナ園経営に成功したキースMinor Cooper Keith(1848‐1927)の関連会社十数社が合併してユナイテッド・フルーツ社United Fruit Co.としてニュージャージー州に設立された。その後,中南米でのバナナ園経営を拡大する一方,鉄道,海運,倉庫,保険などの事業に進出,中南米におけるバナナの栽培,輸入,販売をほぼ独占する大植民地企業となった。… ※「キース,M.C.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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