Lords of the East: The East India Company and Its Ships (1600-1874)

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Summary: Best book I've read on the subject!
Review: Lords of the East offers a richly illustrated, densely detailed text describing the East India Company from many aspects as it evolved from a handful of adventurers to the backbone of an empire. Everything you wanted to know, from the seamen to the captains, from the ships and yards to the voyages, from the directors and London politics to the Mogul and the Marathas, is here in a slender, handsome volume