- Time-span
- 1595 - 1947
- Subscription Type
- SUBSCRIPTION
- Publisher
- Adam Matthew
- Languages
- English
- Resource Types
- Reference Source
- Description
- Digitized primary source materials (1600 to 1947) held by the British Library document British imperial history, maritime trade, global commerce, and the first multinational corporation. The collection includes royal charters, correspondence, trading diaries, minutes of council meetings and reports of expeditions, and more. Access is available to five modules: 1) Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947; 2) Factory Records for South Asia and South-East Asia; 3) Factory Records for China, Japan and the Middle East; 4) Correspondence: Early Voyages, Formation and Conflict; and 5) Correspondence: Domestic Life, Governance and Territorial Expansion.