The East India Company's Maritime Service, 1746-1834

The East India Company's Maritime Service, 1746-1834

Author: Jean Sutton

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1843835835

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The book charts in detail successive voyages by members of the Larkins family, who were leading owners of East India Company ships, showing what it was like to sail to and trade with India in this period. It provides a great deal of material on trade, warfare, developments in seamanship and navigation, the opening up of trade to China, and much more.