In an age when vast swathes of the world remained unmapped and mysterious, maps were more than navigational tools—they were ...

The East India Company’s royal charter gave it the ability to “wage war,” and initially it used military force to protect itself and fight rival traders. In 1757, however, it seized control ...

The East India Company (EIC) was certainly both economically and politically powerful in early 19th-century Britain. ... John Pinkerton’s map of India, published 1818.

In 1757 the East India Company, a British corporation with an army, defeated the Nawab of Bengal and took over the province in India’s east. Over the next 100 years it expanded its control of ...

India’s Siddharth Roy Kapur planning large-scale project based on book about the rise of the infamous East India Company. Historical Epic Bestseller ‘The Anarchy’Set For Major TV Adaptation ...

The East India Company was managing the one of Asia’s first observatories, in Madras (now known as Chennai) by 1792. A decade later, ...