The East India Company: A History

Ainslie T. Embree

Pacific Affairs · 1972 · 78 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

A Government which, through might of arms, was the most powerfull in Asia; a Government, the revenue of which was greater than that of Britain; a government which ruled over more people than the present government of the United States; a goverment owned by bussinesment, the shares in which were daily bought and sold.