Somers Isles Company
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The Somers Isles Company was formed in 1615 to operate the English colony of the Somers Isles, also known as Bermuda, as a commercial venture. It held a royal charter for Bermuda until 1684, when it w
"The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles", by Captain John Smith
Virginia Company of London
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The Virginia Company of London was a division of the Virginia Company with responsibility for colonizing the east coast of North America between latitudes 34° and 41° N.
Somers Isles Company
…and the Crown assumed responsibility for the administration of Bermuda as a royal colony. Bermuda had been settled, inadvertently, in 1609 by the Virginia Company when its flagship, Sea Venture, was wrecked on the reefs to its east. The Admiral of the company, Sir George Somers, was at the helm as the ship fought…
Original seal of the London Company of Virginia
Jamestown settler dead in the swamp. Painting by Sydney King of the US National Park Service.