East India Company

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East India Company was the name of several historical European companies chartered with the monopoly of trading with Asia; more specifically with India.

• British East India Company, founded in 1600
• Danish East India Company, founded in 1616
• Dutch East India Company, founded in 1602
• French East India Company, founded in 1664
• Swedish East India Company, founded in 1731
• Portuguese East India Company, founded in 1628

See also

• East India (disambiguation)
• West India Company
• East India Company, A real time strategy game developed by Nitro Games and published by Lighthouse Interactive.

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