The first French East Indies Company (French: Compagnie française des Indes orientales) was the first of several French attempts to charter a trading company to compete with the English East India Company and Dutch East India Company. It was in existence between 1604 and 1614.[1]
- ^ Guillemette Crouzet (6 September 2023). "Early French Endeavours in Global Asia and the Creation of the Compagnie des Indes Orientales (1664)". Capasia.