East India Company Factories

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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.


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