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A lascar was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, British Somaliland or other lands east of the Cape of Good Hope who was employed on European ships from the 16th century until the mid-20th century.
Lascars, or Indian sailors, first began to be employed in small numbers from the seventeenth century by the East India Company, which was set up by private merchants in 1600 by Royal Charter to establish trade links with India (see: ' Migrating home ').
Discover the previously untold stories of the Lascars, the South Asian sailors of Colonial Britain. Find out their hidden histories and the legacies they left behind through our book Scotland’s Lascar Heritage: Investigating the Lives of South Asian Mariners and the premiere of the Lascars and Us film.
The East India Company employed Asian seamen known as 'Lascars' in the 17th century, who served on European ships. The first European use of the word ‘Lascar’ dates back to the Portuguese employment of Asian seamen in the early 1500s.
Key fact. Men were hired to work as seamen in all the ports where the merchant fleet stopped and ‘coloured seamen’ (the description used at the time) formed a large part of many crews. They were...
The forgotten story of South Asian seafarers - 'Lascars' - who were a mainstay of Britain's merchant navy for centuries.About the Wellington Trust - https://...
Lascars is a 2009 French-language animated film starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger and Omar Sy. It is a feature film adaptation of the French TV series Les Lascars. The film, which had a budget of €10 million, was co-produced by Canal Plus and France 2 and distributed by Bac Films.
