The East India Company (EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.

2024年12月16日 · East India Company, English company formed in 1600 for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India. 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 century.

2023年12月5日 · The history of the British East India Company encompasses nearly three centuries and reflects Britain’s rise to a global power, the expansion of European imperialism, and the tremendous growth in international trade in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

2022年9月27日 · The East India Company (EIC) was a British trading company that established trade 'factories' in India and elsewhere in Asia before conquering territory and administering it. In the mid-19th century, the EIC's territories were taken over by the British Crown and officially incorporated into the British Empire.

The British East India Company was a private corporation formed in December 1600 to establish a British presence in the lucrative Indian spice trade, which until then had been monopolized by Spain and Portugal.

The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as "John Company," was a joint-stock company which was granted an English Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intention of favoring trade privileges in India.

2023年2月2日 · The British East India Company (EIC) was founded as a trading company in 1600. Run by a board of directors in London, the company employed a private army, first to protect the trade it conducted in the Indian subcontinent and then to expand its territories as it rampantly colonised its competition.

Edward Vibart, 19 year old British officer. The Indian Rebellion was to be the end of the East India Company. In the wake of this bloody uprising, the British government effectively abolished the Company in 1858. All of its administrative and taxing powers, along with its possessions and armed forces, were taken over by the Crown.

2011年10月19日 · The British East India Company, formally known as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, was incorporated by a royal charter on 31 December 1600. Initially created to break the monopoly on the East Indian spice trade held by Spain and Portugal, the company quickly expanded its operations to include a ...

2018年6月8日 · The British company was set up in 1600 to compete for the East Indian spice trade, but competition with the Dutch led it to concentrate on India. In the 18th century, Robert Clive defeated the challenge of the French company and captured Bengal (1757).