'The First Fleet of the East India Company Leaving Woolwich, 1601', (1890.) Creator: Unknown.

'The First Fleet of the East India Company Leaving Woolwich, 1601', (1890.) Creator: Unknown.

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'The First Fleet of the East India Company Leaving Woolwich, 1601', (1890). The East India Company formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, by Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600, ended up seizing control over large parts of the Indian subcontinent. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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