Map Group 4 by Audrey Ke Zhao

London, UK

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Was called Bombay during the time of the East India Company. It was an important port for textiles and spices.

Surat, Gujarat, India

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Surat became one of the first inland expansion locations for the British Empires East Indian Company. The British trading companies established a sense of permanence in Surat making it one of the first trading posts (or factory cities). The region quickly became a trade hub for important goods - textiles, indigo, saltpeter, and spices.

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Formerly spelled as Calcutta. Indian opium was an important resource for British traders who sold the product in China.

Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

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import & export of textiles & other goods

Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

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Similarly to Calcutta, Bombay, and Surat, this became one of the first permanent posts of the East Indian Company, and served as a critical trade hub for goods such as indigo, saltpeter, spices, and textiles.

China

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Canton, China was an important location for British traders. They sold opium obtained in India and purchased tea.

Balambangan Island, Sabah, Malaysia

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Penang, Malaysia

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Singapore

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China

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The EIC with aid from its permanent posts in Indian was able to expand its trade further east reaching China. This had devasting impacts as the EIC began trading opium to the Chinese in exchange for precious goods, silks, spices, etc. that were deemed luxury commodities amoung the western European powers. This lead to the opium wars and opium crisis.

Boston, MA

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The Boston Tea Party, an act of resistance against the taxes were continuously imposed on tea after the official duties had been removed. The chests of tea they threw into the harbor were from the EIC.

Java, Indonesia

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England, UK

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The East India Company was importing 30 million pounds of tea into Britain every year. They were also importing so much silk and wool that the local wool industry in Britain began to suffer. Porcelain became highly desirable in Britain and was imported in high quantities.

Mocha, Yemen

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Cape Town, South Africa

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An important stop for British traders on long voyages. This location was also involved in the slave trade across East Africa.

Madagascar

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Angola

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St Helena

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Tanzania

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Zanzibar, now part of Tanzania. The British had control of Zanzibar and officially ruled over the island in 1890. It was a part of the slave trade routes.

Madeira, Portugal

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Persia

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Winneba, Ghana

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The EIC did not have numerous trade posts in Africa, but on the gold coast were resources were plentiful they did establish factories in Winneba, Ghana. This established dominance in multiple trade routes, the transatlantic slave trade, the cocoa trade, and the gold trade. The British colonized Ghana up until 1958.

Takoradi, Ghana

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Elima was an important trading post during the slave trade. The location has been important for the Portuguese, Dutch, and British over many centuries.

Banten, Indonesia

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Bantam, Java. The East India Company established a presidency here in 1617. This presidency had authority over the many British factories in India.

Trinidad and Tobago

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November 2, 1834 three dozen endentured Indian labourers arrived in Trinidad coming from Kolkata. They were bound to five year labor contracts and received low monthly wages. The migration of Indian labor workers from Kalkuta to Trinidad, is one example, but over one million Indians were taken "to work across the colonies of the British Empire" (https://qz.com/india/290497/the-forgotten-story-of-indias-colonial-slave-workers-who-began-leaving-home-180-years-ago)

South Carolina

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