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The East India Company or the British East India Company and informally as John Company was an English and later British joint-stock company, which was formed to pursue a trade with the East Indies but ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and Qing China.
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean. Permission was granted, and on 10 April 1591 three ships sailed from Torbay around the Cape of Good Hope to the Arabian Sea.
On 31 December 1600, the Queen granted a Royal Charter to "George, Earl of Cumberland, and 215 Knights, Aldermen, and Burgesses" under the name, Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading with the East Indies.
The governance of the company was in the hands of one governor and 24 directors or "committees", who made up the Court of Directors. They, in turn, reported to the Court of Proprietors, which appointed them. Ten committees reported to the Court of Directors. According to tradition, business was initially transacted at the Nags Head Inn, opposite St Botolph's church in Bishopsgate, before moving to India House in Leadenhall Street.
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Portrait of Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin, Member of the Council of the Dutch East Indies and Commander of the Garrison at Batavia

Portrait of Isaac de l'Ostal de Saint-Martin, Member of the Council of...

Portrait of Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East I...

Portrait of Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East I...

[Map of SE Asia, Dutch East Indies, & Philippines]

[Map of SE Asia, Dutch East Indies, & Philippines]

[Fighting on an island after a shipwreck - Dutch East Indies - 16--]

[Fighting on an island after a shipwreck - Dutch East Indies - 16--]

Illus. in: Francois Pelsaert, Ongeluckige Voyagie Van't Schip Batavia ... 1648, facing p. 14 - fold-out plate. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Geogr.; Shipwrecks.

Portrait of Paulus Verschuur, Served seven terms as Burgomaster of Rotterdam and also Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the East India Company, elected 1651

Portrait of Paulus Verschuur, Served seven terms as Burgomaster of Rot...

Danseur chinois

Danseur chinois

The Ambassadors introduction into the audience hall.

The Ambassadors introduction into the audience hall.

The Embassadors entry through the famous Chinese wall which is 1200 miles long.

The Embassadors entry through the famous Chinese wall which is 1200 mi...

The Embassadors audience of leave of the Emperor.

The Embassadors audience of leave of the Emperor.

The Embassador entertained by the Emperor in the best audience chamber.

The Embassador entertained by the Emperor in the best audience chamber...

Portrait of Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock, Army Commandant and after 1826 Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock, Army Commandant and after 1...

Portrait of Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens, Governor of the Cape Colony and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens, Governor of the Cape Colony ...

Vase in China from the royal manufactory at Sévres. [sic]

Vase in China from the royal manufactory at Sévres. [sic]

map from "A Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the East-India Company ... Compiled ... by Edward Thornton ... Corrected to the latest period by the author"

map from "A Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the E...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "A Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the East-India Company ... Compiled ... by Edward Thornton ... Corrected to the latest period by the autho... More

map from "Chronicles of Cape Commanders. ... Papers upon subjects connected with the East India Company's Government, ... and notes on English, Dutch, and French books published before 1796, containing references to South Africa. ... With four charts"

map from "Chronicles of Cape Commanders. ... Papers upon subjects conn...

This image has been taken from scan 000043 from "Chronicles of Cape Commanders. ... Papers upon subjects connected with the East India Company's Government, ... and notes on English, Dutch, and French books pub... More

Chinese Empire. advertising card

Chinese Empire. advertising card

Unidentified child with tiger cub photographed during the the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies, 1937

Unidentified child with tiger cub photographed during the the National...

Creator: Lucile and William Mann..Local number: SIA2012-3236..Summary: Photographs document Lucile and William Mann's participation in the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the D... More

The plane is of German design but natives of the Dutch East Indies have been trained to operate it with deadly efficiency. It's a twelve-ton trimotor Dornier bomber belonging to the Royal Netherlands Navy, the greater part of which is still fighting the Nazis and their Axis partners from the Netherlands East Indies

The plane is of German design but natives of the Dutch East Indies hav...

One of the essential materials in the making of life preservers for our navy is kapok, which we obtain in quantity only from the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. Here it has been baled and is ready for shipment from a Dutch East Indies plantation

One of the essential materials in the making of life preservers for ou...

Washington, D.C. International youth assembly. Delegate from the Dutch East Indies addressing the assembly

Washington, D.C. International youth assembly. Delegate from the Dutch...

Portrait of Pieter de Carpentier, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Pieter de Carpentier, Governor-General of the Dutch East I...

Portrait of Dirk van Cloon, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Dirk van Cloon, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Cornelis van der Lijn, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Cornelis van der Lijn, Governor-General of the Dutch East ...

Portrait of Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indi...

Portrait of Antonio van Diemen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Antonio van Diemen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Ind...

Portrait of Diederik van Durven, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Diederik van Durven, Governor-General of the Dutch East In...

Portrait of Jacques Specx, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Jacques Specx, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Mattheus de Haan, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Mattheus de Haan, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indie...

Portrait of Jacques Specx, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Jacques Specx, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Hendrik Brouwer, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Hendrik Brouwer, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Mattheus de Haan, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Mattheus de Haan, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indie...

Portrait of Hendrik Brouwer, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Hendrik Brouwer, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Johannes Siberg, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Johannes Siberg, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Pieter de Carpentier, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Pieter de Carpentier, Governor-General of the Dutch East I...

Portrait of Dominique Jacques de Eerens, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Dominique Jacques de Eerens, Governor-General of the Dutch...

Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Gerard Reynst, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Gerard Reynst, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indi...

Portrait of Willem van Outhoorn, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Willem van Outhoorn, Governor-General of the Dutch East In...

Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Christoffel van Swoll (Swol, Zwol), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Christoffel van Swoll (Swol, Zwol), Governor-General of th...

Portrait of Christoffel van Swoll (Swol, Zwol), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Christoffel van Swoll (Swol, Zwol), Governor-General of th...

Portrait of Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indi...

Portrait of Pieter Both, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Pieter Both, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Karel Reyniersz, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Karel Reyniersz, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Governor-General of the D...

Portrait of Cornelis van der Lijn, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Cornelis van der Lijn, Governor-General of the Dutch East ...

Portrait of Antonio van Diemen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Antonio van Diemen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Ind...

Portrait of Jan Pietersz Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Jan Pietersz Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indi...

Portrait of Laurens Reael, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Laurens Reael, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Godart Alexander Gerard Philip, Baron van der Capellen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Godart Alexander Gerard Philip, Baron van der Capellen, Go...

Portrait of Willem van Outhoorn, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Willem van Outhoorn, Governor General of the Dutch East In...

Portrait of Karel Reyniersz, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Portrait of Karel Reyniersz, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Het inpakken en afwegen der Theeën, bji een'der Hong-kooplieden te Canton.

Het inpakken en afwegen der Theeën, bji een'der Hong-kooplieden te Ca...

China ; Tartaria.

China ; Tartaria.

[Street entertainers in China]

[Street entertainers in China]

[Porcelain and china exhibit.] Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

[Porcelain and china exhibit.] Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadel...

Daniel's china court. Centennial Exhibition 1876, Philadelphia PA

Daniel's china court. Centennial Exhibition 1876, Philadelphia PA

Anhing

Anhing

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Beschryving Des Keizerryks Van Taising Of Sina 1676 by Olfert Dapper + pub. by Jacob Meurs b

Beschryving Des Keizerryks Van Taising Of Sina 1676 by Olfert Dapper +...

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Beschryving Des Keizerryks Van Taising Of Sina 1676 by Olfert Dapper + pub. by Jacob Meurs h

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Beschryving Des Keizerryks Van Taising Of Sina 1676 by Olfert Dapper + pub. by Jacob Meurs i

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Beschryving Des Keizerryks Van Taising Of Sina 1676 by Olfert Dapper + pub. by Jacob Meurs

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Chinese peasants

Chinese peasants

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Des Reichs Sina

Des Reichs Sina

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Femmes Chinoises

Femmes Chinoises

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Forme de la Cour Imperiale de Peking

Forme de la Cour Imperiale de Peking

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gezant der Zutadsen

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Le Dedans du Palais Imperial

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