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According to Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on twelve critic reviews with eight being "rave" and three being "positive" and one being "mixed". [1] In Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.79 out of 5) from the site which was based on eleven critic reviews. [2]
The East India Company (EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.
Pages in category "Ships of the British East India Company" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 612 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Charles Neakes, draftsman and purveyor of the Thames shipbuilders Messrs Wigram and Green, testified to the House Select Committee on Petitions Relating to East-India-Built Shipping that repairs to her prior to her first and second voyages amounted to £1578 8s 11d and £1411 18s 7d; although he referred to her as a new ship, he did not specify ...
In 1808 Moorcroft left for India and arrive in Calcutta, the then capital of British India. Moorcroft found the company stud in dire shape, with apparently depressing signs of laxness, neglect and ignorance. Often undersized mares were bred with local stallions, the best colts were kept back and stud books falsified.
Charles Grant (Teàrlach Grannd in Scottish Gaelic; 16 April [1] 1746 – 31 October 1823) was a British politician influential in Indian and domestic affairs who, motivated by his evangelical Christianity, championed the causes of "social reform" and Christian mission, particularly in India. He served as Chairman of the British East India ...
(1836) India Directory or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, and the interjacent Ports, compiled chiefly from original Journals and Observations made during 21 years' experience in navigating those Seas 4th Edn. W. H. Allen, London.
Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7. Reports from the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the present state of the affairs of the East India Company, together with the minutes of evidence, an appendix of documents, and a general index, (1830), Vol. 2, p. 977.