The East India Company Trade and Conquest from 1600

The The East India Company is a beautifully illustrated book that describes how the company created and built up its extraordinary trading empire, how it conducted its day-to-day business at home and in the East.

The East India Company haunts the collective psyche of the modern world. Established by Royal Charter in 1600, The East India Company through determination and good fortune gradually came to hold sway over half the world's trade and a quarter of its population.

The largest multinational business that the world has ever seen, the East India Company has played a crucial role in the development of the world. Its history is woven into the very fabric of British Society and culture.

The paintings and photographs reproduced in The East India Company Trade and Conquest from 1600 book, which span three centuries, give a fascinating insight into the workings of the company and the relationships between the different individuals involved.