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Virginia Company Members of the Virginia Company landing on the shores of Virginia to establish the Jamestown Colony.

Virginia Company

British trading company
Also known as: London Company, Virginia Company of London
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Virginia Company, commercial trading company, chartered by King James I of England in April 1606 with the object of colonizing the eastern coast of North America between latitudes 34° and 41° N. Its shareholders were Londoners, and it was distinguished from the Plymouth Company, which was chartered at the same time and composed largely of men from Plymouth. In December 1606 the Virginia Company sent out three ships carrying approximately 105 colonists led by Christopher...

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