More From Britannica 5 Fast Facts About the East India Company Beginning in the early 1620s, the East India Company began usingslave labourand transportingenslavedpeople to its facilities in Southeast Asia and India as well as to the island ofSt. Helenain theAtlantic Ocean, west ofAngola. Alth...
The rise and fall of the East India Company Questions and answers about the East India Company. Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Images East India House, London The East India House in Leadenhall Street, London, drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd,... ...
Also known as: United East India Company, VOC, Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on ...
Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaA number of things contributed to the end of the East India Company. It acquired control of Bengal on the Indian subcontinent in 1757, and, as the company was an agent of British imperialism, its shareholders were able to ...
Also known as: Compagnie Française des Indes, Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales, Compagnie des Indes, French India Company Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether...
Helena.[52] The East India Company began using and transporting slaves in Asia and the Atlantic in the early 1620s, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica,[1] or in 1621, according to Richard Allen.[53] Eventually, the company ended the trade in 1834 after numerous legal threats from...
Also known as: British East India Company, English East India Company, Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Oct...
United Kingdom-India [1809] Print Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree...
Also known as: British East India Company, English East India Company, Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Oct...
Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Article History Fort William, citadel of Calcutta (now Kolkata), named for King William III of England. The British East India Company’s main Bengal trading station was moved from Hooghly (now Hugli) to Calcutta in 1690 after...