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The Register Of Letters &C. Of The Governour And Company Of Merchants Of London Trading Into The East Indies, 1600-1619

The Register Of Letters &C. Of The Governour And Company Of Merchants Of London Trading Into The East Indies, 1600-1619

George Birdwood

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Business GeneralFiction AnthologiesBritish History

ISBN10: 935444041X
ISBN13: 9789354440410
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 17 2021
Pages: 620
Weight: 1.98
Height: 1.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At the dawn of England's overseas empire, its ambitions were written not in manifestos but in letters. Every letter hums with risk. The Register of Letters &c. of the Governour and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, 1600-1619 gathers the surviving official correspondence of the nascent British East India Company into a single primary source collection. This historical letters anthology traces the first fragile decades of seventeenth century East Indies ventures and 1600s British India, revealing how merchants, governors and factors navigated unfamiliar courts, shifting alliances and perilous seas. For readers of maritime trade history and early modern global commerce, it offers a vivid documentary record of decisions taken in counting-houses and on quarterdecks, where profit, faith and power were constantly weighed. Long prized as a scholarly documentary edition in the Hakluyt Society series, it stands at the heart of British empire economic history: a sourcebook for historians, yet rich enough in incident and atmosphere to grip the curious general reader. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Essential for academic researchers, students of the East India Company and lovers of classic exploration narratives, this is both working archive and enduring artefact, to be read, consulted and treasured.

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