The area where the company could operate consisted of West Africa (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Cape of Good Hope) and the Americas, which included the Pacific Ocean and the eastern part of New Guinea.
O area no que a Compañía podía operar abarcaba África occidental (o area entre o Trópico de Cáncer e o Cabo de Boa Esperanza) e América, que incluían o Océano Pacífico e a parte oriental de Nova Guinea.