AnnotatedBibliography

PrimarySources
"CharterGrantedbyQueenElizabethtotheEastIndiaCompany."
Wikisource
.N.p.,n.d.Web.
09Nov.2015.ThisCharterwasanimportantsource,itexplainedthepurposeofthe
companyandlistedthepeoplewhowereinit.IusedquotesfromtheChartertoshowthe
originalpurposeoftheEastIndiaCompany,whichoftensupportedtheHistoryDaytheme
ofExploration,EncounterandExchange.
"EastIndiaCompany:BengalTextiles."
EastIndiaCompany:BengalTextiles
.N.p.,n.d.Web.
11Dec.2015.ThissourcegavemeanimageofanEastIndiaCompanytradingchart.It
alsoexplainedthebasicsoftradeduringtheEastIndiaCompany,suchasthemost
commonlytradeditemsatthetime.
"IndiaandtheBritish."
Nationalarchives.gov.uk
.N.p.,n.d.Web.15Dec.2015.Thiswebsite
providedmanyprimarysourcedocumentsfromtheEastIndiaCompany.TheoneItookinterest
inwasaletterfromtheCompanytoIndiaaddressingtheneedformoremilitiainthecountry.It
showsthattheEastIndiaCompanyhadgainedsomuchpower,itwasevencommandingtroops
andcontrollingawholegovernment.
Jourdain,John.
TheJournalofJohnJourdain:16081617:DescribingHisExperiencesin
Arabia,India,andtheMalayArchipelago
.Cambridge:HakluytSociety,1905.Print.This
wasaveryinterestingbook,whichIquotedfromseveraltimesinmywebsite.Journalslike
thesehelpshowwhatconditionsandlifewasliketradingasanEastIndiaCompany

merchant.Itshowsthesimilaritiesanddifferencesoflifeinthe17thcenturyandlifeinthe
present.
Markham,ClementsR.
TheVoyagesofSirJamesLancaster
.N.p.:n.p.,n.d.PDF.Thissourceis
collectionofjournalsfromEastIndiamerchants.Interestingly,thejournalentriesinthis
bookreferencetoJohnJourdain,anothermerchantwhosejournalIread.Thissourceshows
theconnectionbetweenmerchantsandtheadventuresoftravelingatseafortheEastIndia
Company.Ioftenusedquotesfromtheentriesinmywebsite.

SecondarySources
AttackoftheMutineersontheRedanBatteryatLucknow
.Digitalimage.
Wikimedia.org
.N.p.,
12Nov.2011.Web.1Jan.2016.AdigitalimageofIndiansrevoltingcontroloftheEast
IndiaCompany.ItisusedinmywebsiteandshowsthattheCompanyhaditsdownsidesas
aoverlyharshcontrollerofIndia.
Chaudhuri,K.N.
TheTradingWorldofAsiaandtheEnglishEastIndiaCompany,16601760
.
Cambridge:CambridgeUP,1978.Print.Thisbookwasthemostusefulsecondarysource
throughoutmyresearch.ItgaveinterestingdetailsabouttheCompany,aswellas
comparingtheCompanyfromabroaderview.Thebookwasverythoroughinexplaining
thefinancialsofthecompany.Thebookalsogavememanyfinancialchartsandmapsthat
Iusedinmywebsite,aswellasquotes.
CoatofArmsoftheEastIndiaCompany
.Digitalimage.
Wikimedia.org
.N.p.,30July2011.
Web.1Jan.2016.ThiswasthepictureIusedintheConclusionsectionofmywebsite.

"TheCompanyThatRuledtheWaves."
TheEconomist
.TheEconomistNewspaper,17Dec.
2011.Web.11Dec.2015.Thiswasanarticlethatexplainedthefinanciallegacyofthe
EastIndiaCompany.ItexplainedhowtheCompanywasdevelopingstrategiesnever
beforeusedandhowtheCompanyhasinfluencedpresentdaymarketing.
"TheEastIndiaCompanyandItsLegacy."
PodAcademy
.N.p.,n.d.Web.11Dec.2015.Iused
thissourcetoexplaintheinfluenceoftheEastIndiaCompanyonthefaminesinIndia.It
showsthenegativesideoftheCompanyandhowthecompanycausedseveraldisastersin
theEast.
EastIndiaCompanyandSultans.Digitalimage.
Wwwtc.pbs.org
.N.p.,n.d.Web.6Jan.2016.
AnimageofCompanymerchantsmeetingSultansinIndia.
"TheEastIndiaCompany."
BBCNews
.BBC,n.d.Web.09Nov.2015.Thispodcastwentinto
thebirthandfunctionoftheEastIndiaCompany.Italsoexplainedtheprofitsgainedfrom
trading,whichIusedinmywebsite.
"EastIndiaCompany."
BritannicaSchool
.EncyclopdiaBritannica,Inc.,n.d.Web.09Nov.
2015.Thisarticlewasagoodstartingpointinmyresearch.ItgaveanoverviewoftheEast
IndiaCompany,fromitsbeginningstoitsendandtheimpactitleftbehind.
EastIndiaHouse
.Digitalimage.
Wikimedia.org
.N.p.,31Jan.2011.Web.1Jan.2016.This
imageisthebackgroundonallthepagesofmywebsite.Itshowstheheadquartersofthe
EastIndiaCompany.
HelenIsland.Digitalimage.
Makingthemodernworld.org
.N.p.,n.d.Web.2Jan.2016.This
imagewasusedtoshowtheExplorationdonebytheEastIndiaCompany.Throughout

itscoursethecompanyencounteredmanyislandswheretheyinteractedandlearnedfrom
foreignpeople.
"IndianMutiny."
BritannicaSchool
.N.p.,n.d.Web.3Dec.2015.Thisarticlegavean
explanationfortherevoltsinIndiathatwerecausedbytheEastIndiaCompanyrule.Iwas
surprisedtofindthattheEastIndiaCompanyhadsuchharshcontroloverIndiaandI
includedtherevoltsasanegativesideoftheCompanylegacy.
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.This
articlegavea
LogooftheBritishEastIndiaCompany
.Digitalimage.
Empirebritain.weebly.com
.N.p.,n.d.
Web.4Jan.2016.ThisimagewasusedintheThesispageofmywebsite.Itwasthelogo
oftenusedonthetradedgoodstheEastIndiaCompanyexchanged.
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.Thisimage
showsthebombingofaChineseshipbytheEastIndiaCompany.Thisshowsanother

negativepointoftheCompany,whichwasthewarstheystartedthroughouttheEast.The
OpiumWarsarerepresentedinthispicture.
RedDragonShip
.Digitalimage.
Wikimedia.org
.N.p.,26Nov.2009.Web.1Jan.2016.This
imagewasusedinnavigationformywebsiteandshowsthe
RedDragon
,theship
commandedbyJamesLancaster,afamedmerchantfortheEastIndiaCompany.
RobertCliveandtheEmperor.Digitalimage.
Devonportgirls.plymouth.sch.uk
.N.p.,n.d.Web.1
Jan.2016.ThisimagewasusedinmyThesisPageinmywebsiteandrepresents
Encounter.ThemerchantsoftheEastIndiaCompanyoftenencounteredforeignpeople
fortrade.
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.This
imagewasusedtorepresentthepositiveimpactsoftheCompany,suchasbettereconomy
ofmanycountriesinEuropeandtheEastandthespreadofmoregoodsacrosstheglobe.
Vander,Pieter.MapofJamesLancaster'sVoyage.Digitalimage.
Raremaps.com
.N.p.,n.d.
Web.1Jan.2016.ThisimageofJamesLancastersmapwasusedinmyExploration
page.WhenIreadthejournalofJamesLancaster,itwasinterestingtoseetheconnections
oftheplaceshenamedandhowtheycorrespondedwiththemap.