The East India Company was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed for Indian Ocean trade, initially with the East Indies, and
James Lancaster commanded the first East India Company voyage in 1601.
Red Dragon fought the Portuguese at the Battle of Swally in 1612, and made several voyages to the East Indies.
The emperor Jahangir investing a courtier with a robe of honour, watched by Sir Thomas Roe, English ambassador to the court of Jahangir at Agra from 1615 to 1618, and others
A document with the original vermilion seal of Tokugawa Ieyasu, granting trade privileges in Japan to the East India Company in 1613
The United East India Company, commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world. Established on 20 March 1602 by
East India Company
…sailed from Woolwich on 14 March 1608. This expedition was lost. Initially, the company struggled in the spice trade because of competition from the Dutch East India Company. This rivalry led to military skirmishes, with each company establishing fortified trading posts, fleets, and alliances with local rulers. The Dutch…
The United East India Company was the brainchild of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, the leading statesman of the Dutch Republic.
The stock exchange of Hendrick de Keyser
A 17th-century plaque to the [Dutch] United East India Company, the VOC, in Hoorn
The return of the second Asia expedition of Jacob van Neck in 1599 by Cornelis Vroom