Virginia Company of London

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The Virginia Company of London was an English joint-stock company chartered in the early 17th century to finance and establish settlements in North America, most notably the Jamestown colony in Virginia.

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Generate an image of the Virginia Company of London (The Virginia Company of London was an English joint-stock company chartered in the early 17th century to finance and establish settlements in North America, most notably the Jamestown colony in Virginia.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered company ⓘ
joint-stock company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs London Company ⓘ
Virginia Company ⓘ
charterDate 1606-04-10 ⓘ
charteredBy King James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
charterExtended 1609 ⓘ
1612 ⓘ
charterFeature monopoly on trade with Virginia ⓘ
right to govern settlers ⓘ
colonized Virginia ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolutionReason revocation of charter ⓘ
dissolvedBy Court of King's Bench ⓘ
endTime 1624 ⓘ
foundedBy King James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
foundedColony Bermuda ⓘ
Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Henricus ⓘ
Jamestown ⓘ
grantedBy Royal Charter ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
industry colonial enterprise ⓘ
overseas trade ⓘ
introducedCrop commercial tobacco cultivation in Virginia ⓘ
introducedInstitution House of Burgesses ⓘ
representative government in English America ⓘ
legalForm joint-stock company ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
notableLeader Sir Edwin Sandys ⓘ
Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ
Sir Thomas Smythe ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Smythe

Sir Thomas West, Lord De La Warr ⓘ
operatedIn North America ⓘ
Virginia Colony ⓘ
organizedVoyage Discovery (ship) ⓘ
linked to: HMS Discovery

Godspeed ⓘ
Susan Constant ⓘ
purpose establish English settlements in North America ⓘ
exploit natural resources of Virginia ⓘ
find a northwest passage to Asia ⓘ
find precious metals ⓘ
sentExpedition 1607 Jamestown expedition ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown
shareholderType English nobility ⓘ
London merchants ⓘ
private investors ⓘ
startTime 1606 ⓘ
successor Crown Colony of Virginia ⓘ

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Colony and Dominion of Virginia → establishedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Colony and Dominion of Virginia → precededBy → Virginia Company colony ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Sea Venture shipwreck → relatedTo → Virginia Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Sea Venture shipwreck → operator → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Second Charter of Virginia → grantedTo → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Jamestown → foundedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Virginia Company of London → alsoKnownAs → London Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Virginia Company of London → alsoKnownAs → Virginia Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
John Rolfe → associatedWithCompany → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
John Smith → employer → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Sea Venture → operator → Virginia Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Sea Venture → ownedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
George Somers → associatedWith → Virginia Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
William Strachey → employer → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Deliverance → operatedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Patience → ownedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
St. George’s, Bermuda → foundedBy → Virginia Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Jamestown Exposition → honoredEntity → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Richard Moore → appointedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Third Charter of Virginia → appliesToJurisdiction → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Third Charter of Virginia → mainSubject → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Third Charter of Virginia → relatedTo → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Shirley Plantation → originalLandGrantBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
James Fort → foundedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Starving Time (1609–1610) → appliesToJurisdiction → London Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Starving Time (1609–1610) → significantParticipant → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Powhatan peoples → encountered → Virginia Company colonists ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Matoaka → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Godspeed → operatedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Godspeed → sponsoredBy → Virginia Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Susan Constant → operator → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Susan Constant → sponsoredBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Susan Constant → relatedTo → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Sir Edwin Sandys → memberOf → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Tsenacommacah → colonialConflictWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Henricus → partOf → Virginia Company of London colony ⓘ
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Henricus → foundedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
A Map of Virginia → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Christopher Newport → employer → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Rebecca Rolfe → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
English colonization of Bermuda → governingCompany → Virginia Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Third Supply mission to Jamestown → partOf → Virginia Company expeditions ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London
Third Supply mission to Jamestown → operator → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
subject linked to: Lord De La Warr
Jamestown Island → foundedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ
Somers Isles Company → relatedTo → Virginia Company ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Company of London