A discourse concerning trade, and that in particular of the East-Indies wherein several weighty propositions are fully discussed, and the state of the East-India Company is faithfully stated.

Title

A discourse concerning trade, and that in particular of the East-Indies wherein several weighty propositions are fully discussed, and the state of the East-India Company is faithfully stated.

Author

Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699.

Publication

London :: Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle ...,

1689.

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Subject terms

East India Company -- History.

Great Britain -- Commerce -- India.

India -- Commerce -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Commercial policy.

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Contents

• A DISCOURSE CONCERNING TRADE And that in particular of The East-Indies. Wherein several weighty Propositions are fully discussed, and the State of the East-India Company is faithfully stated.
  • To proceed, the Propositions intended to be handled, follow First, That the East-India Trade is the most Nati∣onal of all forreign Trades.
  • The Second Proposition, that the Clamours, Aspersions, and Objections made against the present East-India Company, are sinister, selfish, or groundless.
  • The 3d Proposition, That since the discovery of the East-Indies, the Dominion of the Sea Depends much upon the wain or increase of that Trade, and consequently the Secu∣rity of the Liberty, Property and Protestant Religion of this Kingdom.
  • The Fourth Proposition, That the Trade of the East-Indies cannot be carried on to National Avantage, by a regulated Company, or in any other way then by a joynt Stock, which are proved by the following Arguments.
  • The Fifth Proposition, That the East-India Trade more profitable and necessary to the Kingdom of England than to any other Kingdom or Nation in Europe.
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