Formed in 1897, the East Asiatic Company was set up to establish passenger and freight lines between Copenhagen, Bangkok and the Far East.This promotional poster for the East Asiatic Company presents six ships, each with a different destination: Australia, China/Japan, New York, Pacific Straits, Bangkok and India. It illustrates the global reach of EAC in the 1950s as well as the different ships that made EAC famous as a shipping service.