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AnnotatedBibliography
PrimarySources
"CharterGrantedbyQueenElizabethtotheEastIndiaCompany."Wikisource.N.p.,n.d.Web.
09Nov.2015.
ThisCharterwasanimportantsource,itexplainedthepurposeofthecompanyandlisted
thepeoplewhowereinit.IusedquotesfromtheChartertoshowtheoriginalpurposeof
theEastIndiaCompany,whichoftensupportedtheHistoryDaythemeofExploration,
EncounterandExchange.
"EastIndiaCompany:BengalTextiles."EastIndiaCompany:BengalTextiles.N.p.,n.d.Web.
11Dec.2015.
ThissourcegavemeanimageofanEastIndiaCompanytradingchart.Italsoexplained
thebasicsoftradeduringtheEastIndiaCompany,suchasthemostcommonlytraded
itemsatthetime.
"IndiaandtheBritish."Nationalarchives.gov.uk.N.p.,n.d.Web.15Dec.2015.
ThiswebsiteprovidedmanyprimarysourcedocumentsfromtheEastIndiaCompany.
TheoneItookinterestinwasaletterfromtheCompanytoIndiaaddressingtheneedfor
moremilitiainthecountry.ItshowsthattheEastIndiaCompanyhadgainedsomuch
power,itwasevencommandingtroopsandcontrollingawholegovernment.
Jourdain,John.TheJournalofJohnJourdain:16081617:DescribingHisExperiencesin
Arabia,India,andtheMalayArchipelago.Cambridge:HakluytSociety,1905.Print.
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Thiswasaveryinterestingbook,whichIquotedfromseveraltimesinmywebsite.
JournalslikethesehelpshowwhatconditionsandlifewasliketradingasanEastIndia
Companymerchant.Itshowsthesimilaritiesanddifferencesoflifeinthe17thcentury
andlifeinthepresent.
Markham,ClementsR.TheVoyagesofSirJamesLancaster.N.p.:n.p.,n.d.PDF.
ThissourceiscollectionofjournalsfromEastIndiamerchants.Interestingly,thejournal
entriesinthisbookreferencetoJohnJourdain,anothermerchantwhosejournalIread.
Thissourceshowstheconnectionbetweenmerchantsandtheadventuresoftravelingat
seafortheEastIndiaCompany.Ioftenusedquotesfromtheentriesinmywebsite.
SecondarySources
AttackoftheMutineersontheRedanBatteryatLucknow.Digitalimage.Wikimedia.org.N.p.,
12Nov.2011.Web.1Jan.2016.
AdigitalimageofIndiansrevoltingcontroloftheEastIndiaCompany.Itisusedinmy
websiteandshowsthattheCompanyhaditsdownsidesasaoverlyharshcontrollerof
India.
Chaudhuri,K.N.TheTradingWorldofAsiaandtheEnglishEastIndiaCompany,16601760.
Cambridge:CambridgeUP,1978.Print.
Thisbookwasthemostusefulsecondarysourcethroughoutmyresearch.Itgave
interestingdetailsabouttheCompany,aswellascomparingtheCompanyfromabroader
view.Thebookwasverythoroughinexplainingthefinancialsofthecompany.Thebook
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alsogavememanyfinancialchartsandmapsthatIusedinmywebsite,aswellas
quotes.
CoatofArmsoftheEastIndiaCompany.Digitalimage.Wikimedia.org.N.p.,30July2011.
Web.1Jan.2016.
ThiswasthepictureIusedintheConclusionsectionofmywebsite.
"TheCompanyThatRuledtheWaves."TheEconomist.TheEconomistNewspaper,17Dec.
2011.Web.11Dec.2015.
ThiswasanarticlethatexplainedthefinanciallegacyoftheEastIndiaCompany.It
explainedhowtheCompanywasdevelopingstrategiesneverbeforeusedandhowthe
Companyhasinfluencedpresentdaymarketing.
"TheEastIndiaCompanyandItsLegacy."PodAcademy.N.p.,n.d.Web.11Dec.2015.
IusedthissourcetoexplaintheinfluenceoftheEastIndiaCompanyonthefaminesin
India.ItshowsthenegativesideoftheCompanyandhowthecompanycausedseveral
disastersintheEast.
EastIndiaCompanyandSultans.Digitalimage.Wwwtc.pbs.org.N.p.,n.d.Web.6Jan.2016.
AnimageofCompanymerchantsmeetingSultansinIndia.
"TheEastIndiaCompany."BBCNews.BBC,n.d.Web.09Nov.2015.
ThispodcastwentintothebirthandfunctionoftheEastIndiaCompany.Italso
explainedtheprofitsgainedfromtrading,whichIusedinmywebsite.
"EastIndiaCompany."BritannicaSchool.EncyclopdiaBritannica,Inc.,n.d.Web.09Nov.
2015.
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Thisarticlewasagoodstartingpointinmyresearch.ItgaveanoverviewoftheEast
IndiaCompany,fromitsbeginningstoitsendandtheimpactitleftbehind.
EastIndiaHouse.Digitalimage.Wikimedia.org.N.p.,31Jan.2011.Web.1Jan.2016.
Thisimageisthebackgroundonallthepagesofmywebsite.Itshowstheheadquarters
oftheEastIndiaCompany.
HelenIsland.Digitalimage.Makingthemodernworld.org.N.p.,n.d.Web.2Jan.2016.
ThisimagewasusedtoshowtheExplorationdonebytheEastIndiaCompany.
Throughoutitscoursethecompanyencounteredmanyislandswheretheyinteractedand
learnedfromforeignpeople.
"IndianMutiny."BritannicaSchool.N.p.,n.d.Web.3Dec.2015.
ThisarticlegaveanexplanationfortherevoltsinIndiathatwerecausedbytheEastIndia
Companyrule.IwassurprisedtofindthattheEastIndiaCompanyhadsuchharsh
controloverIndiaandIincludedtherevoltsasanegativesideoftheCompanylegacy.
IndirectBritishRuleinIndia.Digitalimage.Www.indianetzone.com.N.p.,n.d.Web.2Jan.
2016.ThisimagewasusedonmythesispagetorepresentEncounterbytheEastIndia
Company.
Johnson,Ben."TheEastIndiaCompany."Historicuk.com.N.p.,n.d.Web.2Dec.2015.
ThisarticlegaveabasicoverviewoftheEastIndiaCompany.
LogooftheBritishEastIndiaCompany.Digitalimage.Empirebritain.weebly.com.N.p.,n.d.
Web.4Jan.2016.
ThisimagewasusedintheThesispageofmywebsite.Itwasthelogooftenusedonthe
tradedgoodstheEastIndiaCompanyexchanged.
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MapofChinainMingDynasty.Digitalimage.Http://www.bl.uk/.N.p.,n.d.Web.4Jan.2016.
ThisimagewasusedinmyThesispageandrepresentedExplorationdoneintheEast.
MerchantslikeJohnJourdainandJamesLancastersetoutonvoyagestoexploreEastern
territoriesforfuturetraderoutes.
OpiumWars.Digitalimage.Greendragonsociety.com.N.p.,n.d.Web.2Jan.2016.
ThisimageshowsthebombingofaChineseshipbytheEastIndiaCompany.Thisshows
anothernegativepointoftheCompany,whichwasthewarstheystartedthroughoutthe
East.TheOpiumWarsarerepresentedinthispicture.
RedDragonShip.Digitalimage.Wikimedia.org.N.p.,26Nov.2009.Web.1Jan.2016.
ThisimagewasusedinnavigationformywebsiteandshowstheRedDragon,theship
commandedbyJamesLancaster,afamedmerchantfortheEastIndiaCompany.
RobertCliveandtheEmperor.Digitalimage.Devonportgirls.plymouth.sch.uk.N.p.,n.d.Web.1
Jan.2016.
ThisimagewasusedinmyThesisPageinmywebsiteandrepresentsEncounter.The
merchantsoftheEastIndiaCompanyoftenencounteredforeignpeoplefortrade.
TheSpanishArmada.Digitalimage.Www.elizabethanera.org.uk.N.p.,n.d.Web.11Jan.2016.
ThisimageshowstheSpanishArmadafleet.ThefalloftheSpanishArmadawasamajor
causeoftheEastIndiaCompany,asitgaveaccesstotheEastforBritain.Previously,
EasterntraderoutesweredominatedbytheSpanish,PortugueseandDutch.
TextileFactories.Digitalimage.Wikimedia.org.N.p.,21Apr.2007.Web.1Jan.2016.
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ThisimagewasusedtorepresentthepositiveimpactsoftheCompany,suchasbetter
economyofmanycountriesinEuropeandtheEastandthespreadofmoregoodsacross
theglobe.
Vander,Pieter.MapofJamesLancaster'sVoyage.Digitalimage.Raremaps.com.N.p.,n.d.
Web.1Jan.2016.ThisimageofJamesLancastersmapwasusedinmyExploration
page.
WhenIreadthejournalofJamesLancaster,itwasinterestingtoseetheconnectionsofthe
placeshenamedandhowtheycorrespondedwiththemap.
