The Only Use of
East India Company
in
The Age of Innocence
- The du Lac Sevres and the Trevenna George II plate were out; so was the van der Luyden "Lowestoft" (East India Company) and the Dagonet Crown Derby.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(East India Company) an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of India and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny