A treatise wherein is demonstrated I. That the East India trade is the most national of all foreign trades, II. That the ... objections made against the present East India Company are sinister, selfish, or groundless, III. That since the discovery of the East Indies the dominion of the sea depends much upon ... that trade ..., IV. That the trade of the East Indies cannot be carried on ... in any other way than by a general joynt stock, V. That the East India trade is more profitable and necessary to the kingdom of England than to any other ...
By: by Philopatris.
Contributors: Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714.
Publisher: Printed by J.R. for the Honourable the East India Company
Published: 1681
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: East India Company -- Early works to 1800.; Great Britain -- Commerce -- East Indies -- Early works to 1800.; East Indies -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Treatise concerning the East India trade.
Notes: Wing (2nd ed.) C3866
Caption title: A treatise concerning the East-India trade.
"Philopatris" appears on t.p. in Greek characters.
Published anonymously, but widely attributed to Sir Josiah Child. Cf. BLC and McCulloch, Lit. of Pol. Econ. (London: 1844), p. 99.
LC copy has ms. attribution on t.p. to "Mr. Ferguson," probably Robert Ferguson, author of The East-India trade a most profitable trade to the kingdom.