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East India Company

East India Company
East India Company

East India Company was a historical English company, founded in 1600, and chartered with the monopoly of trading with Southeast Asia, East Asia, and India....
(also English East India Company, British East India Company) was a historical English company, founded in 1600, and chartered with the monopoly of trading with Southeast Asia, East Asia, and India.

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East India Company (video game)
East India Company (video game)

East India Company is a computer game currently being developed by Finland company Nitro Games. It is set for release somewhere around 2009....
, computer game being developed by Nitro Games
East India Trading Company, fictionalized trading company in the motion picture Pirates of the Caribbean.
several historical companies of Continental Europe, each chartered with a similar monopoly of trade:

Dutch East India Company
Dutch East India Company

The Dutch East India Company was a trading company, which was established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia....
, founded in 1602
Danish East India Company
Danish East India Company

The Danish East India Company was a Danish chartered company....
, founded in 1616
Portuguese East India Company
Portuguese East India Company

The Portuguese East India Company was founded in 1628 by Philip III of Spain. It was granted a monopoly on the spice trade with India. The intention was to attract private capital into this trade, but was unsuccessful in this regard and ceased operating in 1633....
, founded in 1628
French East India Company
French East India Company

The French East India Company was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the British East India Company and Dutch East India Company East India companies....
, founded in 1664
Swedish East India Company
Swedish East India Company

The Swedish East India Company was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1731 for the purpose of conducting trade with the far east. The venture was inspired by the success of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company and grew to become the largest trading company in Sweden during the 18th century, until it folded in 1813....
, founded in 1731

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