Virginia Company

17th-century English trading company
Organization joint_stock_company Q1152507
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Virginia Company

Summary

Virginia Company is a joint-stock company[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of joint_stock_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Virginia Company's field of work was water transport[3].
  • Virginia Company is in the country of Kingdom of England[4].
  • Virginia Company's image is recorded as Land Granted by Charter to the Virginia Company in 1609.png[5].
  • Virginia Company's instance of is recorded as joint-stock company[6].
  • Virginia Company's instance of is recorded as trading company[7].
  • Virginia Company's instance of is recorded as chartered company[8].
  • Virginia Company's flag image is recorded as Banner of the Virginia Company.svg[9].
  • Virginia Company's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of the Virginia Company.svg[10].
  • Virginia Company's founder is recorded as James VI and I[11].
  • Virginia Company's item operated is recorded as Discovery[12].
  • Virginia Company's item operated is recorded as Godspeed[13].
  • Virginia Company's item operated is recorded as Susan Constant[14].
  • Colony of Virginia is named after Virginia Company[15].
  • Virginia Company's seal image is recorded as VirginiaCompanyofLondonSeal-1606-1624.png[16].
  • Virginia Company's headquarters location is recorded as London[17].
  • Virginia Company's ISNI is recorded as 0000000092126006[18].
  • Virginia Company's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135013839[19].
  • Virginia Company's GND ID is recorded as 16225001-0[20].
  • Virginia Company's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92077002[21].
  • Virginia Company's Commons category is recorded as Virginia Company[22].
  • Virginia Company's industry is recorded as water transport[23].
  • Virginia Company's industry is recorded as trade[24].
  • Virginia Company's has part is recorded as London Company[25].
  • Virginia Company's has part is recorded as Plymouth Company[26].
  • +1606-04-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Virginia Company[27].

Body

Founding

Virginia Company's founder is recorded as James VI and I[11]. +1606-04-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[27]. Its location of formation is recorded as Palace of Westminster[28].

Operations

Virginia Company's headquarters location is recorded as London[17].

Industry

Industries include water transport[23] and trade[24]. Virginia Company's field of work was water transport[3].

Ownership

Products include cash crop[29], lumber[30], and tobacco[31].

Dissolution

Virginia Company was dissolved in +1624-05-24T00:00:00Z[32].

Why It Matters

Virginia Company ranks in the top 6% of joint_stock_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved . encyclopediavirginia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved . encyclopediavirginia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved . encyclopediavirginia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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