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http://www.theeastindiacompany.com/company.html
Founded by the Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth the First in 1600, The
East India Company was once the single most powerful economic force that the
world has ever seen.
Based in London, its influence reached out to all continents, and the
consequences of its actions, both great and small, are the very fabric of
history itself -- the Company, for example, created British India, caused the
Boston Tea Party, founded Hong Kong and Singapore, employed Captain Kidd to
combat piracy, established tea in India, held Napoleon captive, and made the
fortune of Elihu Yale. Its flag inspired the Stars and Stripes, its shipyards
provided the model for St. Petersburg, its administration still forms the
basis of Indian bureaucracy, and its corporate structure was the earliest
example of a joint stock company.
William Daniell's 1808 view of East India Dock, created to service the East
India Company's trade to the East.
It introduced tea to the British, woollens to Japan, chinzes to America,
spices to the West Indies, opium to China, porcelain to Russia, and polo to
India. It had its own armies, navies, currencies, and territories as diverse
as the tiny Spice Island, Pulo Run -- later exchanged for Manhattan -- to the
Jewel in the Crown, India itself.
(More information about the history of the company can be found in the
History Section, and in our extracts from the Company Archives.)
An English East Indiaman, bow-view
(Peter Monamy c. 1720)
The East India Company Today
The East India Company is now a United Kingdom based public company which
brings its unrivalled heritage to bear on the modern commercial world. Such
was the power, authority and diversity of interests of the East India Company
in the past that the name gives credibility to virtually any product or
service, in virtually any major consumer market. It allies the great
strengths of British brand associations -- tradition, old-fashioned luxury,
impeccable class -- with the general appeal of exotic countries, seafaring,
travel and adventure.
The Company trades in a wide range of goods, including those historic
staples, tea and coffee. It has also developed products for consumer markets.
It is forging partnerships in many parts of the world where the Company is a
household name, and provides a familiar authoritative port of call for many
businesses looking to expand into new markets.
The mechanical 'Tipoo's Tiger' was captured at Seringapatam in 1799 and was
exhibited at the East India Company's headquartes in Leadenhall Street. The
tiger roars and the officer screams.
The reborn East India Company has established close links with those
institutions in London which have inherited the Company's archives and
artefacts, such as the India Office and Library, the Victoria and Albert
Museum, the Royal Armouries. The Museum of London provided the original
"Chop" or merchant's mark of the Company, and the Garter and Clarenceaux
Kings of Arms at the College of Heralds has granted permission for the
Company to use and register as a Trade Mark the original Coat of Arms of the
East India Company. An archivist has been appointed who assists in providing
the authentic background of visual and written material for new product
development, packaging and design. In addition, historical associations with
particular regions of the world are researched.
The East India Company Website will provide a forum for the exchange of
ideas, business opportunities and information concerning the East India
Company past and present.
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