The East India Company: Trade and Conquest from 1600

by Antony Wild (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $10.56

  Established by Royal Charter in 1600, the East India Company quickly came to control over half the world's trade and a quarter of its population. It ruled India, raised its own army and navy, minted its own currency and traded with every corner of the globe. The structure of this book is broadly chronological, focusing on particular subjects and incidents, including: tea, silks, jewellery, cashmere, spices, ships and navigation, battles, communication routes, the opium trade, the English gentleman abroad, and India's First War of Independence.