Virginia Company
American
The Virginia Company refers collectively to two joint stock companies chartered by James I with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America. The two companies, called the Virginia Company of London based in London, and the Virginia Company of Plymouth based in Plymouth, operated with identical charters but with differing territories. A neutral middle territory was created within which the two companies were not permitted to establish colonies within one hundred miles of each other. The Plymouth Company never fulfilled its charter and its territory that later became New England. - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Person | From | To |
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One of Eight Grantees | Raleigh Gilbert | 1606 |