Note 3 — Chapter II · BRITISH SHIPPING AFTER 1815—THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
Reading edition
A typean was the head merchant of one of the Company’s “factories” or mercantile houses, such as were later known in China as “hongs.”
Reading edition
A typean was the head merchant of one of the Company’s “factories” or mercantile houses, such as were later known in China as “hongs.”