The East India Trading Company came into being in 1600, when the British first arrived in India. It was set up and immediately given a trade monopoly in India; in other words, no other British company could trade out of India. East India Company was established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. It was the first multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stock. East India Company was the name of several historical European companies chartered with the monopoly of trading with Asia; more specifically with India. * British East India Company, founded in 1600 * Danish East India Company, founded in 1616 * Dutch East India Company, founded in 1602 * French East India Company, founded in 1664 * Swedish East India Company, founded in 1731 * Portuguese East India Company, founded in 1628
The company was the British East India company (EIC).
The English East India Co's first successful voyage to India under the name "Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading with the East Indies" was in the year 1601. Earlier attempts made by merchants since 1588 were unsuccessful with either the ships returning home or lost at sea. The successful voyage was commandeered by Capt. James Lancaster
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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
The East India Company was a British company that was founded to make it easier to trade with countries in Asia. It was mainly for trading spices and other goods.
Henry Hudson was the member of the Dutch East India company who founded present day New York. Henry Hudson was a navigator and explorer.
first modern MNC in the world was East India Company .. founded in 1600 London under the name Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
It was founded to compete with other countries
Henry Hudson