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[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=HEIC_Early_Voyages Tiku] West Sumatra founded in 1615. | [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=HEIC_Early_Voyages Tiku] West Sumatra founded in 1615. | ||
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| + | [[Berhampore (Bengal Presidency)|Burhanpore]] in Bengal founded in 1616. | ||
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| + | [http://wikimapia.org/6762008/Pulau-Run Pulau Run], Banda Islands, Indonesia. Founded 1616. | ||
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| + | [[Calicut]] on the Malabar Coast. Founded in 1616. | ||
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17th century Factories
Listed below are some of the early trading posts set up by the East India Company. The Company initially concentrated on the East Indies spice trade but was vigorously opposed by the Dutch. The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 saw the cessation of all Dutch activities in the Indian subcontinent and all English activities in the East Indies.
Bantam
The first trading post set up in 1603 at Banten, Java by James Lancaster. Initially the factories on the Coromandel Coast reported to Bantam. The factory was closed in 1683.
Tidore
Pulau Tidore in the Moluccas. Founded 1604.
Masulipatam
Machilipatnam on the Coromandel Coast. The first trading post on the subcontinent was founded in 1611.
Surat
Surat in Gujerat founded in 1612.
Sambas
Sambas on the northwest Borneo coast founded in 1614.
Tekoo
Tiku West Sumatra founded in 1615.
Burhanpore
Burhanpore in Bengal founded in 1616.
Polaroon
Pulau Run, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Founded 1616.
Calicut
Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Founded in 1616.
