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Company curiosities : nature, culture and the East India Company, 1600-1874 /

For nearly three hundred years, the East India Company dominated British trade and relations with Asia. It made handsome profits for shareholders but also provided collectors in Europe with natural specimens and man-made rarities that were prized for their scientific, aesthetic or cultural value. An...

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Main Author:	MacGregor, Arthur, 1941- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Reaktion Books, [2018]
Subjects:	East India Company > Art collections > History. Art and society > Great Britain.

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