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CONTENTS CHAPTER PAfii: I. The "Separate Voyages" of the Company • . . 1 II. The Struggle with the Portuguese 31 III. The Struggle between the English and the Dutch for the Eastern Archipelago 58 IV. The End of the Struggle : The Tragedy of Amboyna . 109 V. The Company and the Ring 164 VI. First English Settlements on the Bombay Coast . . 192 VII. First English Settlements on the Madras Coast . . 218 VIII. First English Settlements on the Bengal Coast . . 233 Appendix I. The Company and the Commonwealth . . 251 Appendix II. Statistical Tables 292
