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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London Company

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 men who received this gift associated themselves together under the name of the London Company, and in the same year sent out three vessels, carrying 105 men, but no women or children.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris

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 Herbert Eugene Bolton

The rights in the islands, however, were subsequently sold to some of the members of the London Company, who obtained a charter in 1614 under the name of the Somers Island Company.

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

It was named for Richard Martin, an attorney for the London Company.

From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Charles E. Hatch

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