不列颠东印度公司

  • 网络british east india company;Honourable East India Company
不列颠东印度公司不列颠东印度公司
  1. 1772年,一场空前的危机击中了阿姆斯特丹:一家受人尊敬的荷兰投资银团对不列颠东印度公司(BritishEastIndiaCompany)股票的投资变成了一场灾难。

    No. This crisis hit Amsterdam in 1772 , after a respected Dutch investment syndicate made a disastrous bet on shares of the British East India Company .

  2. 加尔各答(印度城市,原为Calcutta,现为Kolkata),由不列颠东印度公司1690年创立,目的在于挑战当地穆斯林霸主。随后,加尔各答开始与伦敦竞争大英帝国的最大大都会的头衔。

    Calcutta ( now Kolkata ) was set up in 1690 by a member of Britain 's East India Company , in defiance of the local Muslim overlord . It later vied with London as the biggest metropolis in the British empire .