London Company
Americannoun
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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
The growth and development of the colony of Virginia into a great agricultural population occupied in the cultivation of tobacco was not at all what the London Company had in mind.
From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Moore, Gay Montague
As time progressed, the London Company of Barbers increased in importance.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
Yet it was obvious to the London Company that tobacco held out the only prospect, not only of securing a profit from their venture, but of bringing to Virginia some measure of prosperity.
From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
August, 1606, Henry Challons was sent ahead in the Richard to select a site for the London Company, but was captured off Florida by a Spanish fleet and taken a prisoner to Seville.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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