First published in 2004. The purpose of this reference work is to offer a range of materials covering the history of the East India Company during the two and a half centuries of its existence.Volume I, Sir William Foster's England's Quest of Eastern Trade, examines the English investigation of trade routes to the East in the sixteenth century, and contains a scholarly and vivid account, not only of the foundation of the East India Company in 1599-1600, but also of its subsequent growth in the seventeenth century.
I. WILLOUGHBY AND CHANCELLOR SEEK CATHAY II. JENKINSON'S JOURNEYS INTO CENTRAL ASIA AND PERSIA III. ATTEMPTS TO TRADE WITH PERSIA THROUGH RUSSIA IV. THE EXPLORATIONS OF FROBISHER TOWARDS THE NORTH-WEST V. DRAKE REACHES THE MOLUCCAS. FENTON MAKES A SIMILAR ATTEMPT VI. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEVANT COMPANY VII. NEWBERY FINDS HIS WAY TO HORMUZ AND RETURNS THROUGH PERSIA VIII. NEWBERY REACHES INDIA.IX. FITCH'S TRAVELS IN INDIA AND PEGU • X. DAVIS SEEKS THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE XI. THE Two VOYAGES OF CAVENDISH XII. LANCASTER PENETRATES TO THE EAST INDIES BY THE CAPE ROUTE XIII. WOOD ATTEMPTS TO REACH CHINA XIV. THE FOUNDATION OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY XV. THE COMPANY'S FIRST VOYAGE. XVI. THE COMPANY'S SECOND VOYAGE XVII. MIDNALL TRAVELS THROUGH PERSIA TO INDIA XVIII. THE COMPANY'S SHIPS REACH ARABIA AND INDIA XIX. KEELING AND DAVID MIDDLETON IN THE BANDAS xx. THE TRADE IS EXTENDED TO THE COROMANDEL COAST AND TO SIAM XXI. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ENGLISH TRADE WITHJAPAN XXII. FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO FIND A PASSAGE BY THE NORTH XXIII. A FOOTING IS OBTAINED IN WESTERN INDIA XXIV. FACTORIES IN SUMATRA, JAVA, BORNEO AND CELEBES xxv. JOURDAIN VISITS AMBOINA AND CERAM XXVI; THE STRUGGLE IN THE BANDAS XXVII. THE TRIUMPH OF THE HOLLANDERS XXVIII. THE MISSION OF ROE TO THE GREAT MOGUL XXIX. COMMERCE WITH THE RED SEA PORTS xxx. THE FOUNDATION OF THE PERSIAN TRADE XXXI. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE TRADE WITH PERSIA XXXII. DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA XXXIII. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRADE WITH CHINA
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Patrick Tuck
