Norrington reminds Captain Sparrow of this by saying 'Had a brush with the East India Trading Company, did we, pirate?' upon noting Sparrow's brand (later revealed to be given him by Beckett). History Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlĪlthough the Company is never even seen in this movie, its influence is felt, because by the Company's laws and the laws of the King, the officials of Port Royal are ordered to exterminate any pirates they encounter.

1.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

1.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

1.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

1.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

For this goal, he wants to employ Jack Sparrow as a privateer in exchange for his compass, which he needed to retrieve the Dead Man's Chest and thus control Davy Jones to exterminate all pirates from the seas. However, he feared the piracy, deciding he had to eradicate it if he was to conquer the seas. So, the Company condemns all pirates as being murderers without even giving them fair trails. He has no regards about whether pirates have any morals, having been fed lies that all pirates are monsters, as have other Navy officials such as Norrington. Having acquired complete control over the trade in the East Indies, Cutler Beckett decides to expand their influence over all seas, setting his eyes into the Caribbean. Later on, Cutler Beckett joined their numbers, climbing their ranks and becoming their leader, receiving the title of Lord Cutler Beckett from the king. The East India Trading Company is the secondary antagonistic faction of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and the primary antagonistic faction of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.Ĭreated by English merchants during the 17th century with the purpose of regulating the trade in the East Indies, it soon grew in power and influence, eventually being appointed by the king of Great Britain as their official trading company.

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