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

One of his lieutenants, capturing an English official, found on him an order from the London Company to proclaim English sovereignty over the whole bay.

From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.

London Company, Charter of 1606, 116; Charter of 1609, 117-118; Charter of 1612, 120; charter annulled, 123.

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

The first effectual settlement made at Jamestown, Va., by the London Company.

From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan

The first settlement which was to prove permanent was made by the London Company whose ships, sailing from London in December 1606, reached the mouth of the James River in Virginia in April 1607.

From A History of the Boundaries of Arlington County, Virginia by Arlington