East Indiaman
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east-indiaman-205-13037749
title:
East Indiaman
text:
East Indiaman was a general name for any merchant ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vessels belonging to the Austrian, Danish, Dutch, British, French, Portuguese or Swedish East India companies. Some of the East Indiamen chartered by the British East India Company (EIC) were known as clippers. The EIC held a monopoly granted to it by Elizabeth I in 16
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Merchant ships operating under charter or license to European East India companies
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indiaman
date created:
2005-07-07T08:40:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T09:06:22Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16