Augustine Heard & Co.
Native name | 瓊記洋行 |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Qióngjì Yángháng |
| Company type | Partnership |
| Industry | Foreign trade |
| Founded | 1840 in Canton, Qing China |
| Founder | Augustine Heard, Joseph Coolidge, George Basil Dixwell |
| Defunct | 1875 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | China and Southeast Asia |
Augustine Heard & Co. (Chinese: 瓊記洋行; pinyin: Qióngjì Yángháng) was a major nineteenth-century American trading firm in Qing dynasty China whose operations consisted in importing and exporting a large array of goods, including tea and opium.