"1600 - 1799" . . "East India Company Archives." . . "SCIENCE / Environmental Science / bisacsh." . . "East India Company (London)" . . "Human ecology Great Britain Colonies Sources." . . "HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century / bisacsh." . . "Zuidoost-Azië." . . "East India Company History Sources." . . "NATURE / Essays" . . "Kolonie." . . "Kolonie" . "Discoveries in science." . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . . . . "˜Theœ East India Company and the natural world" . . . . "The East India Company and the natural world"@en . "The East India Company and the natural world" . . . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . "Aufsatzsammlung" . . . . . "\"The East India Company and the Natural World is the first work to explore the deep and lasting impacts of the largest colonial trading company, the British East India Company on the natural environment. The EIC both contributed to and recorded environmental change during the first era of globalization. From the small island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, to peninsula India and outposts in South and Southeast Asia, the Company presence profoundly altered the environment by introducing plants and animals, felling forests, and redirecting rivers. The threats of famine and disease encouraged experiments with agriculture and the recording of the virtues of medicinal plants. The EIC records of the weather, the soils, and the flora provide modern climate scientists with invaluable data. The contributors - drawn from a wide range of academic disciplines - use the lens of the Company to illuminate the relationship between colonial capital and the changing environment between 1600 and 1857. \"--"@en . "\"The East India Company and the Natural World is the first work to explore the deep and lasting impacts of the largest colonial trading company, the British East India Company on the natural environment. The EIC both contributed to and recorded environmental change during the first era of globalization. From the small island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, to peninsula India and outposts in South and Southeast Asia, the Company presence profoundly altered the environment by introducing plants and animals, felling forests, and redirecting rivers. The threats of famine and disease encouraged experiments with agriculture and the recording of the virtues of medicinal plants. The EIC records of the weather, the soils, and the flora provide modern climate scientists with invaluable data. The contributors - drawn from a wide range of academic disciplines - use the lens of the Company to illuminate the relationship between colonial capital and the changing environment between 1600 and 1857. \"--" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Zuid-Azië." . . "Human ecology Colonies Great Britain Sources." . . "HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century." . . "Natural history Sources." . . "HISTORY / Asia / India et South Asia / bisacsh." . . "Environmentalism History Sources." . . "HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century / bisacsh." . . "HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century." . . "HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century / bisacsh." . . "SCIENCE / Environmental Science." . . "HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century." . . "HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia." . . "East India Company" . . "East India Company." . "NATURE / Reference" . . "TRAVEL / Special Interest / Ecotourism" . . "Imperialism Environmental aspects Sources." . . "Great Britain" . . "International trade Environmental aspects." . . "Umweltschaden." . . "Umweltschaden" .