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(Encyclopedia)Netherlands East Indies: see Indonesia. ...Soviet Far East
(Encyclopedia)Soviet Far East: see Russian Far East. ...British East Africa
(Encyclopedia)British East Africa, inclusive historical term for several former British dependencies, especially Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar. ...Middle Delaware National Scenic River
(Encyclopedia)Middle Delaware National Scenic River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...French East India Company
(Encyclopedia)French East India Company: see East India Company, French. ...Dutch East India Company
(Encyclopedia)Dutch East India Company: see East India Company, Dutch. ...East India Company, British
(Encyclopedia)East India Company, British, 1600–1874, company chartered by Queen Elizabeth I for trade with Asia. The original object of the group of merchants involved was to break the Dutch monopoly of the spic...East India Company, Dutch
(Encyclopedia)East India Company, Dutch, 1602–1798, chartered by the States-General of the Netherlands to expand trade and assure close relations between the government and its colonial enterprises in Asia. The c...East India Company, French
(Encyclopedia)East India Company, French, 1664–1769, commercial enterprise planned by Jean Baptiste Colbert and chartered by King Louis XIV for the purpose of trading in the Eastern Hemisphere. It failed to found...North-East Frontier Agency
(Encyclopedia)North-East Frontier Agency, India: see Arunachal Pradesh. ...Browse by Subject
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