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How Pirates and Merchants Started the British Empire

On New Year's Eve 1600, a band of merchants and pirates secured a royal charter to form the English East India Company. ? Their target? The incredibly lucrative spice trade of the Malay Archipelago. But they faced a massive roadblock: the Dutch VOC! Head-to-head, the English were massive underdogs, possessing only 1/10th the financial capital and less than half the ships of their Dutch rivals. Discover the humble origins of history's most powerful megacorporation! #EastIndiaCompany #BritishEmpire #HistoryShorts #SpiceTrade #VOC #MaritimeHistory #AgeOfDiscovery #Colonialism

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