FOOTNOTES:
[29] It is of course the "silver lining" of clouds that outside observers see.
[30] A fifth satellite of Jupiter has been recently discovered; and Kepler's guess at two moons for Mars has also been justified.
[31] The next year Galileo discovered also the spots upon the sun and estimated roughly its time of rotation.
BEGINNING OF BRITISH POWER IN INDIA
A.D. 1612
BECKLES WILLSON
By chartering the original English East India Company, Queen Elizabeth took the first step toward establishing that empire in the Orient which has since become such an important appanage of the British crown. This oldest English company in India is also called the "Mother Company" and the "John Company." It began English trade with India, and its operations prepared the way for British government in that vast country.