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The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America. The coast was named Virginia, after Elizabeth I, and it stretched from present-day Maine to the Carolinas.
La Virginia Company fu una società per azioni inglese autorizzata da Giacomo I il 10 aprile 1606 con lo scopo di realizzare degli insediamenti sulle coste del Nord America.
Virginia Company, commercial trading company, chartered by James I of England in 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of North America.
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21 mag 2018 · Virginia Company. The Virginia Company was formed in 1606 to restart English colonial ambitions in North America after the failure of the Roanoke colony in the 1580s. Its aims were broadly similar to those that had motivated the first settlement attempts at Roanoke a generation earlier.
Learn about the Virginia Company of London, the joint-stock company that colonized Virginia in 1606 with the support of James I. Explore the sources, promotional tracts, and accounts of the first settlers and their encounters with the Indians.
31 dic 2015 · Learn about the joint-stock company chartered by King James I in 1606 to establish a colony in North America. Explore its history, goals, governance, and challenges from 1607 to 1623.
6 giorni fa · Jamestown Colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. Financed and organized by the Virginia Company, the colony was originally a private venture that had been granted a royal charter by King James I.
