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Hace 4 días · East India Company, English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated by royal charter on December 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 ...
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Hace 16 horas · The East India Company ( EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of the Indian ...
9 de may. de 2024 · May 11, 1777, Madras [now Chennai], India (aged 58) George Pigot, Baron Pigot (born May 4, 1719, London, England—died May 11, 1777, Madras [now Chennai], India) was a British East India merchant and governor of the Madras Presidency who was arrested and deposed by his council in 1776. At age 17 Pigot entered the East India Company service ...
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Hace 5 días · The Construction of the Docks, 1803–1806. The key elements of the East India Dock system were the Import Dock, the Export Dock, and the Entrance Basin linked to the River Thames by an entrance lock. The water area was 30 acres, about half that impounded at the West India Docks (see page 268).
Hace 1 día · The ship involved was the East Indiaman Dutton – and as such manned by civilians. This vessel had been underway for the West Indies with no less than 400 troops for the strengthening of the garrisons there, together with a number of camp followers, not to mention the ship’s own crew – the total was estimated at somewhere between 500 and 600.
24 de may. de 2024 · Other forms: Indiamen. Definitions of Indiaman. noun. a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India. see more.
Hace 16 horas · I to – preko Beograda! Na jednoj staroj privatnoj fotografiji iz 1958. godine vidi se upravo jedan takav autobus, parkiran usred Beograda, i to nasred na Trga Marksa i Engelsa, današnjeg Trga Nikole Pašića. Deluje skoro pa karikaturno iz današnje perspektive, i neverovatno – starinski bus sa ogromnim natpisom: London – Mumbaj.
