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Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650
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Название: Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650
Автор: David Howarth
Издательство: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030025072X
Год: 2023
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 486
Размер: 42,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansion. The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises—and for these “adventurers” the most profitable bet of all would be on the Company.







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