A monopolistic company formed to engage in trade with Southeast Asia and India.
East India Company
Fact of the Day
Stalin shot his pet parrot for mimicking him.
Quote of the Day
"To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace
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~ Tacitus
On This Day
1787 The 'First Fleet' of 11 ships carrying convicts to Australia left England.
1888 Slavery was abolished in Brazil.