15,832
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Create page. Add map link
{{Map|title=HEIC Early Voyages|name=1st HEIC Voyage|link=http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.0004956ba6b90b12c008f&ll=7.013668,47.109375&spn=156.528001,188.085937&t=p&z=2}}
== 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.
==== First Voyage (1601-03) ====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lancaster Captain James Lancaster] was appointed "General" of the fleet and sailed in the 'Red Dragon'. John Middleton was 'Vice-Admiral'. Other ships were the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=111 'Susan'], the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=57 'Hector'], the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=9 'Ascension'] and the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=1483 'Guest']. Lancaster established the first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_(trading_post) factory] on at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantam_(city) Bantam] on the coast of Sumatra.
==== Second Voyage (1601-03) ====
[[Category:East India Company]]
== 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.
==== First Voyage (1601-03) ====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lancaster Captain James Lancaster] was appointed "General" of the fleet and sailed in the 'Red Dragon'. John Middleton was 'Vice-Admiral'. Other ships were the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=111 'Susan'], the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=57 'Hector'], the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=9 'Ascension'] and the [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=1483 'Guest']. Lancaster established the first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_(trading_post) factory] on at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantam_(city) Bantam] on the coast of Sumatra.
==== Second Voyage (1601-03) ====
[[Category:East India Company]]
