Loss of the "e;Trades Increase"e;
Was it the Titanic of its age?
Christened by an optimistic King James I in December 1609, the Trades Increase was the greatest English merchant vessel of the Jacobean era—a magnificent ship embodying the hopes of the nascent East India Company to claim a commanding share of the Eastern trade. But the ship''s launch failed when it proved too large to exit from its dock, an ill-fated start to an expe...
Was it the Titanic of its age?
Christened by an optimistic King James I in December 1609, the Trades Increase was the greatest English merchant vessel of the Jacobean era—a magnificent ship embodying the hopes of the nascent East India Company to claim a commanding share of the Eastern trade. But the ship''s launch failed when it proved too large to exit from its dock, an ill-fated start to an expe...
