Legend: Emperor Wan Tu Discovers Tea
Jun 14 , 2022
Extract taken from “The East India Company Book of Tea” by Anthony Wild. There are many legends about the discovery of tea, none of which have sol...
Jun 14 , 2022
Extract taken from “The East India Company Book of Tea” by Anthony Wild. There are many legends about the discovery of tea, none of which have sol...
Jun 13 , 2022
Used since ancient times for illness and ailments, today opium provides important pain relief drugs such as morphine, but also the illegal and dest...
Jun 13 , 2022
The East India Company Collections celebrated ‘Una & the Lion’ silver and gold coin collection features designs by one of the world’s great coi...
Jun 10 , 2022
Spices and the spice trade have been an enormous influence in global political, social, and economic developments for over 1000 years. They were co...
Jun 10 , 2022
Paddington Bear and the officers of the original East India Company had one thing in common – a love of marmalade on voyage. Britain has long been ...
Jun 08 , 2022
In the early years of the 1600s, The East India Company was run out of the private residence. When East India House was opened as the new Headquart...
Jun 08 , 2022
3.5 billion. That’s the number of pages returned today for a Google search of The East India Company. It’s also approximately the number of people ...
Jun 08 , 2022
The East India Company was one of England’s most powerful trading companies. It shipped goods in great quantities from Asia to England, such as val...