London Company

American  

noun

1. a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.

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Example Sentences

The merchant princes who founded enterprises such as the London Company in the 17th century wanted to build bustling empires across the seas.

From Economist • Apr. 27, 2016

Here the London Company spent from �4,000 to �5,000 in a supreme effort to make their colony answer in some degree the expectations which had been placed in it.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

James I of England, general policy, 112, 113; treaty with Spain, 114; the London Company, 123; non-conformists, 136.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

No wonder the leaders of the London Company were pleased, believing that in the Indian weed they had discovered a veritable gold mine!

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

The London Company, together with the host of patriotic Englishmen who had placed such great hopes in the colony, were much disappointed at this unexpected turn of events.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson