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John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
Much like the investors in the East India Company, each pirate was considered a shareholder in the venture.
Steven Johnson • Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
Somewhat clumsily he had set a precedent, which would soon become an imperative, of exploiting the existing carrying trade of Asia.
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
the latest advances in marine technology
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
Gabriel Towerson,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
alacrity.
John Hemming • The Conquest of the Incas
assiduous
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
Thrills and spills were commonplace, disasters fairly regular.