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== History ==

The early expeditions of the [[East India Company]] were called the Separate Voyages as separate capital was raised for each. The object of the expeditions was to establish trade with the spice islands of the East Indies.

==== Third Voyage (1607-10) ====

The third expedition comprised the 'Dragon' under Capt William Keeling, the 'Hector' under Capt William Hawkins and the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=26 'Consent'] under Capt David Middleton. They departed Tilbury on 17 March 1607 and reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Augustin,_Madagascar St Augustine's Bay], Madagascar, via Sierra Leone where the fleet split up. The 'Dragon' took on a cargo and returned reaching England in September 1609. Capt Keeling took a pinnace to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banda_Islands Banda] where his attempt to establish a factory was frustrated by the Dutch. He visited Pulau Aye and [http://wikimapia.org/6762008/Pulau-Run Pulau Run] before returning to Bantam via [[Jakarta]] with such spices as he could obtain. He left Bantam with a cargo of pepper and arrived in England on 10 May 1610. The 'Hector' took Capt Hawkins to [[Surat]] where she remained. The 'Consent' went from Bantam to [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/86791/Buton Bouton] in the Celebes where he loaded a cargo of spices returning via Bantam to England in early January 1609. An account of the voyage is given in [http://www.archive.org/stream/lettersreceivedb01east#page/n31/mode/2up Letters received by the East India Company Vol I (1602-13)].

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