East India Company (disambiguation)
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The East India Company, also known as the English East India Company and the British East India Company, was a historical English, and later British, company, founded in 1600, and chartered with the monopoly of trading with Southeast Asia, East Asia, and India.
East India Company may also refer to several historical companies of Continental Europe, each chartered with a similar monopoly of trade:
- Dutch East India Company, founded in 1602
- Danish East India Company, founded in 1616
- Portuguese East India Company, founded in 1628
- French East India Company, founded in 1664
- Swedish East India Company, founded in 1731
[edit] Other uses
- East India Company (video game), a computer game developed by Nitro Games
[edit] See also
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