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Dutch East India Company Trading Regions
Image by Nicolaas Visscher II Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Dutch East India Company Trading Regions

Map of East India, taken from the Atlas van der Hagen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague Part 4. This map of South East Asia was published by Nicolaas Visscher II (1649-1702). The map shows the entire trading region of the Dutch East India...
The Median Empire and the Ancient Near East, c. 600 BCE
Image by Simeon Netchev

The Median Empire and the Ancient Near East, c. 600 BCE

A map illustrating the rise and expansion of the Median Empire in the wake of the Bronze Age Collapse and the disintegration of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 609 BCE). While the Neo-Babylonian Empire engulfed the Fertile Crescent from the Levantine...
Trade Links between the Roman Empire and the East (1st - 3rd centuries)
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Trade Links between the Roman Empire and the East (1st - 3rd centuries)

A map illustrating the ever-growing and ever-changing trade network of maritime and overland routes connecting China, India, and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe. Even though the term "Silk Road" was not defined until the late...
Original Flag of the English East India Company
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Original Flag of the English East India Company

The original flag of the English East India Company (EIC), founded in 1600 by royal charter. The company later changed its name to the British East India Company and so the cross of St. George in the top right corner was replaced by a Union...
East Indiamen in a Gale
Image by Charles Brooking

East Indiamen in a Gale

A c. 1759 painting by Charles Brooking East Indiamen in a Gale showing ships of the East India Company. (Royal Museums Greenwich)
The Ancient Near East, c. 1700 BCE
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The Ancient Near East, c. 1700 BCE

A map illustrating the political situation in the Ancient Near East during the Old Assyrian period (around 1700 BCE) shortly before the rise of the Babylonian Empire of Hammurabi. It depicts the rise of Assur from an independent city-state...
The Ancient Near East c. 1500-1300 BCE
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The Ancient Near East c. 1500-1300 BCE

A map illustrating the aftermath of the 15th century BCE ruinous campaigns by the Old Hittite Empire that led to the emergence of new powerful entities in the ancient Near East - the Middle Babylonian Kingdom of the Kassites, the Mitanni...
Robert Clive & The East India Company Rule in India, c. 1765
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Robert Clive & The East India Company Rule in India, c. 1765

A map illustrating the transformation of the East India Company from a hopeful merchant venture in 1600 with isolated trade outposts governed by isolated and mostly independent town councils into a major ruler of large territories in India...
Britannia Receiving the Riches of the East
Image by Spyridon Romas

Britannia Receiving the Riches of the East

A 1778 allegorical painting commissioned by the East India Company showing the riches of the East being presented to Britannia. Painted by Spyridon Romas. The goods shown include tea, porcelain, and jewels. (British Library, London)
Dutch East India Company Coinage
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Dutch East India Company Coinage

The front and reverse of a Dutch East India Company duit - an old Dutch copper coin.
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