Virginia Company of London

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Virginia_Company_of_London

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:London_Company
gptkbp:awardedBy	gptkb:Royal_Charter_of_1606
gptkbp:charteredBy	gptkb:King_James_I
gptkbp:dissolved	1624
gptkbp:founded	1606
gptkbp:grantedTerritory	gptkb:East_Coast_of_North_America gptkb:Virginia between 34th and 41st parallels north
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:London,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Virginia Company of London
gptkbp:mainColony	gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:First_Anglo-Powhatan_War gptkb:Great_Charter_of_1618 gptkb:Starving_Time arrival of first Africans in English America establishment of House of Burgesses introduction of tobacco as cash crop
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:First_Charter_of_Virginia gptkb:Second_Charter_of_Virginia gptkb:Third_Charter_of_Virginia gptkb:Bermuda gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:notableInvestment	gptkb:Sir_Edwin_Sandys gptkb:Sir_Henry_Montagu gptkb:Sir_John_Wolstenholme gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Roe gptkb:John_Smith gptkb:Sir_Ferdinando_Gorges gptkb:Sir_Francis_Bacon gptkb:Sir_John_Popham gptkb:Sir_Walter_Raleigh gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Smythe gptkb:Sir_George_Yeardley gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Dale gptkb:Sir_William_Wade Sir Thomas Gates
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Sir_Edwin_Sandys gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Smythe gptkb:Sir_George_Yeardley gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Dale Sir Thomas Gates
gptkbp:purpose	colonization of North America
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Virginia_Company_of_Plymouth gptkb:East_India_Company gptkb:Plymouth_Company
gptkbp:sponsoredExpedition	gptkb:Discovery gptkb:Godspeed gptkb:Susan_Constant
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Colony_of_Virginia_(royal_colony)
gptkbp:typeOfCharter	royal charter
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jamestown,_Virginia gptkb:Bartholomew_Gosnold_(1602) gptkb:Colony_and_Dominion_of_Virginia gptkb:Province_of_Virginia gptkb:House_of_Burgesses gptkb:Sir_George_Yeardley gptkb:Virginia_Colony gptkb:Founding_of_Jamestown
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6