Zamboni, Karl

The British East India Company was formed by a group of London merchants through an Elizabethan royal charter in 1600 under the name Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading with the East Indies. Initially, the Company focused on the trade of silks, cotton, indigo dye tea, opium, and saltpetre, but over time the Company came to rule over large areas of India. The Company rule in India lasted from 1757 until the 1858 Sepoy Rebellion, after which the British government took over control of India. The Company was formally dissolved in 1874.

From the guide to the East India Company Manuscript Collection, 1598-1914, 1750-1850, (Cleveland Public Library)