The British East India Company's loss of…

September 1834 CE

The British East India Company's loss of its charter has launched a fleet of new opium clippers to tack to China against the monsoon winds as profit-hungry American and British captains take control of the trade.

Turkish opium remains an alternative to the Bengal brands until 1834, when the Yankee captains, finally allowed to bid at the Calcutta auctions, immediately abandon the long haul around Africa.

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Calcutta > Kolkata West Bengal India View →

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Ottoman Empire View → Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty View → India, East India Company rule in View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View →

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Narcotics View →

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Commerce View → Products View → Watercraft View →

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