Compiled by a Captain of the East India Company.
Biographical notes:
The East India Company was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated by royal charter on Dec. 31, 1600. Starting as a monopolistic trading body, the company became involved in politics and acted as an agent of British imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century. The company's defeat of the Portuguese in India (1612) won them trading concessions from the Mughal Empire. The Company mainly traded in cotton and silk piece goods, indigo, and saltpetre, with spices from South India. It extended its activities to the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.
From the guide to the Far East trade papers, 1691-1732, (Senate House Library, University of London)
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Subjects:
- Customs policy
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Places:
- Surat India South Asia (as recorded)
- Madras India South Asia (as recorded)
- London England (as recorded)
- Canton (as recorded)
- China East Asia (as recorded)
