French East India Company — Type Public company Industry … Wikipedia
East India — This article refers to the region in the Indian subcontinent. For the region including the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, see East Indies. East India, or Eastern India, is a region of India consisting of the states of West Bengal, Bihar… … Wikipedia
East India Co. — or English East India Co. English chartered company formed for trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated in 1600. It began as a monopolistic trading body, establishing early trading stations at Surat, Madras (now Chennai), Bombay … Universalium
East India Co., Dutch — Trading company founded by the Dutch in 1602 to protect their trade in the Indian Ocean and to assist in their war of independence from Spain. The Dutch government granted it a trade monopoly in the waters between the Cape of Good Hope and the… … Universalium
French East India Company — ▪ French trading company byname of (1664–1719) Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales (French: “French Company of the East Indies”) , or (1719–20) Compagnie des Indes (“Company of the Indies”) , or (1720–89) Compagnie Française des Indes… … Universalium
East India Company — East India Companies English, French, and Dutch chartered trading companies, in each case dating to the seventeenth century. In the case of the Netherlands, the Vereenigde Oostindische Compaagnie (VOC) was chartered in 1602 to govern and… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
East India (disambiguation) — East India may refer to * the eastern region of India * the Indies ** any of various East India Companies historically operating in the Indies: *** British East India Company, founded in 1600 *** Danish East India Company, founded in 1616 ***… … Wikipedia
East India Company — This article is about the 17th 19th century English trading company . For other uses, see East India Company (disambiguation). East India Company Company flag after 1801 Former type Public … Wikipedia
East India Club — [ British East India Company. Although the company was dissolved, the 1870 Annual General Meeting of the club voted to retain it.] The East India, Devonshire, Sports and Public Schools Club, usually known as the East India Club, is a gentlemen s… … Wikipedia
East India Company — 1. the company chartered by the English government in 1600 to carry on trade in the East Indies: dissolved in 1874. 2. any similar company, as one chartered by the Dutch (1602 1798), the French (1664 1769), or the Danes (1729 1801). * * * ▪… … Universalium
