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The Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry.
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Virginia Company
English trading company
The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America. The coast was named Virginia, after Elizabeth I, and it stretched from present-day Maine to the Carolinas. The company's…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cape Henry
Headland on the Atlantic shore of Virginia
Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia located in the northeast corner of Virginia Beach. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to the long estuary of the Chesapeake Bay.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)