Plymouth Company

Virginia Company of Plymouth
	The 1606 grants by James I to the London and Plymouth companies. The overlapping area (yellow) was granted to both companies on the condition that neither found a settlement within 100 miles (160 km) of the other. Jamestown is noted by "J." The Spanish settlement of Saint Augustine, the French settlements of Québec and Port-Royal, and Popham are also shown
Trade name	Plymouth Company
Industry	Maritime transport, trade
Founded	(10 April 1606) at Westminster, England
Founder	James I
Defunct	24 May 1624
Fate	Dissolved following transformation of areas into crown colony
Headquarters	London, England
Area served	New England
Products	Cash crops, timber

The Plymouth Company, officially known as the Virginia Company of Plymouth, was a company chartered by King James in 1606 along with the Virginia Company of London with responsibility for colonizing the east coast of America between latitudes 38° and 45° N.^[1]

^ John Patterson Davis (1905), Corporations: A Study of the Origin and Development of Great Business Combinations and of Their Relation to the Authority of the State, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, OCLC 82100178, OL 23545424M