Spices to Empire: How a London Company Conquered India
18th Century

Spices to Empire: How a London Company Conquered India

Goose-quill clerks in a London counting house weren't just keeping books—they were recording the swallowing of a subcontinent.

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British Empire18th CenturyCorporate PowerColonial IndiaEconomic HistoryImperial ConquestEast India CompanyGlobal TradeBritish PoliticsFinancial Innovation

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