Did the British East India Company operate in the West Indies?
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There is some evidence that the Honorable East India Company (HEIC) rarely if ever directly traded in the western hemisphere.
Fortunately it so happens that the flag of the HEIC was similar to the design of the Grand Union flag used by the American colonists for about a year and half from 1776 to 1777 when the first United States flag was adopted. Since the US flag is based on the Grand Union flag, the resemblance between the HEIC flag and the Grand Union flag indicates a possible HEIC flag influence on the US flag.
This discussion here indicates that the HEIC was not permitted to trade directly with any place except Asia and Great Britain.
The company's charter permitted them to traded only between the East, and English ports. Although the Act of Parliament of 1773 allowed the EIC to export tea to America, it had first to be landed in England. The tea that was dumped overboard in Boston, had been part of a much larger consignment shipped from China to England, where it was sold to dealers and merchants, and then freighted to Boston as part of a general cargo, in ships that did not belong to, and were not chartered by the EIC.
Secondly, as mentioned in the first paragraph, the EICe was not flown by ships north of St Helena.
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-gu.html1
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-eic2.html2
Apparently the company charter was renewed every 20 years (1793, 1813. 1833) which gave many opportunities to adjust the terms of the charter.
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