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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virginia Company of London canonical | 36 |
| Virginia Company | 8 |
| London Company | 2 |
| Virginia Company colonists | 1 |
| Virginia Company colony | 1 |
| Virginia Company expeditions | 1 |
| Virginia Company of London colony | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T386814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Virginia Company of London Context triple: [Colony and Dominion of Virginia, establishedBy, Virginia Company of London]
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A.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
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B.
Massachusetts Bay Company
The Massachusetts Bay Company was a 17th-century English joint-stock company that organized and financed the Puritan settlement and governance of what became the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England.
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C.
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company was a powerful 17th-century chartered company of the Dutch Republic that dominated Atlantic trade, including sugar, slaves, and colonial enterprises in the Americas and West Africa.
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E.
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
The Colony and Dominion of Virginia was a major English and later British colony in North America, notable as the first permanent English settlement and a political and economic center that helped shape early American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Virginia Company of London Target entity description: 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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A.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
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B.
Massachusetts Bay Company
The Massachusetts Bay Company was a 17th-century English joint-stock company that organized and financed the Puritan settlement and governance of what became the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England.
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C.
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company was a powerful 17th-century chartered company of the Dutch Republic that dominated Atlantic trade, including sugar, slaves, and colonial enterprises in the Americas and West Africa.
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E.
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
The Colony and Dominion of Virginia was a major English and later British colony in North America, notable as the first permanent English settlement and a political and economic center that helped shape early American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chartered company
ⓘ
joint-stock company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Virginia Company of London
ⓘ
surface form:
London Company
Virginia Company of London ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Company
|
| charterDate | 1606-04-10 ⓘ |
| charteredBy |
James VI and I
ⓘ
surface form:
King James I of England
|
| 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
ⓘ
surface form:
Court of King's Bench
|
| endTime | 1624 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
James VI and I
ⓘ
surface form:
King James I of England
|
| foundedColony |
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bermuda
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Colony of Virginia
Henricus ⓘ Jamestown ⓘ |
| grantedBy | Royal Charter ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| 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, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| notableLeader |
Sir Edwin Sandys
ⓘ
Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ Thomas Smythe ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Thomas Smythe
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Thomas West, Lord De La Warr
|
| operatedIn |
North America
ⓘ
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Colony
|
| organizedVoyage |
HMS Discovery
ⓘ
surface form:
Discovery (ship)
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 |
Jamestown
ⓘ
surface form:
1607 Jamestown expedition
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| shareholderType |
English nobility
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London merchants ⓘ private investors ⓘ |
| startTime | 1606 ⓘ |
| successor |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Crown Colony of Virginia
|
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Subject: Virginia Company of London Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.