Suggest an Edit Enter your suggested edit(s) to this article in the form field below Cancel Citation MLA 8TH EDITION Morrison, Jean. "East India Company". The Canadian Encyclopedia , 16 December 2013, Historica Canada . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/east-india-company. Accessed 30 May 2024. Copy APA 6TH EDITION Morrison, J. (2013). East India Company. In The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/east-india-company Copy CHICAGO 17TH EDITION Morrison, Jean. "East India Company." The Canadian Encyclopedia . Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited December 16, 2013. Copy TURABIAN 8TH EDITION The Canadian Encyclopedia , s.v. "East India Company," by Jean Morrison, Accessed May 30, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/east-india-company Copy Share Share on Facebook Share on X Share by Email Share on Google Classroom Thank you for your submission Our team will be reviewing your submission and get back to you with any further questions. Thanks for contributing to The Canadian Encyclopedia. Close Article East India Company Article by Jean Morrison Published Online February 7, 2006 Last Edited December 16, 2013 The East India Company was the trading company chartered in 1600 by Elizabeth I of England with a monopoly over the Eastern Hemisphere. The East India Company was the trading company chartered in 1600 by Elizabeth I of England with a monopoly over the Eastern Hemisphere. Schemes for promoting the British fur trade between the Pacific coast and China, including those of Alexander Dalrymple and Alexander Mackenzie , necessitated inclusion of the East India Company, whose privileges deterred such commerce. Except during the period 1814-16, when the EIC licensed the North West Company to use its own ships to carry furs to China, the NWC found EIC regulations sufficiently restrictive that it used American ships for this trade. The EIC's monopoly ended by 1833, and the company was dissolved in 1874.