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William Keeling,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
By the sixteenth century it was clear enough that Europe’s comparative advantage over other Eurasian civilizations lay in its precocious development of marine activity. The simultaneous growth of long-distance trade with the Americas and India was one sign of this. Another was the rise of the huge cod fishery in the North Atlantic,
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Sir Henry Garraway,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
Sir Christopher Clitherow
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
William Methwold,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
To the directors of the London Company they were ‘Peter Floris’ and ‘Lucas Antheuniss’ and their offer was in the nature of a rather intriguing proposal.