Rather than the settlers at Jamestown, this short history follows the investors in England whose hopes and money shaped the colony, from the first Virginia charter of 1606 to the company’s dissolution in 1624. It covers the company’s finances, its leaders and quarrels, the Bermuda venture and its experiments with tobacco and sugar, and why the enterprise failed.
A compact account by a leading historian of early Virginia, ideal background for Jamestown. Download the free EPUB.