Institution

Newfoundland Company

1610 · 17th century · Also known as London and Bristol Company

The Newfoundland Company, formally the London and Bristol Company, was an English joint-stock company chartered by James I in 1610 to colonise Newfoundland. Its first governor, John Guy, founded a settlement at Cupids in Conception Bay that year, the first English colony on the island. The company struggled with poor returns and conflict with fishermen and pirates, and sold parts of its grant to other investors.

Newfoundland Company
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Colony of Newfoundland

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