Excerpt from The Monumental City: Its Past History and Present ResourceCompany before it had been deprived of its charter, in 1624, by a judgment of the Court of King's Bench. During his visit to Virginia, it is probable that Lord Baltimore personally explored the Chesapeake Bay, at all events his experienced judgment readily detected the advantages that would be secured to a colony upon its shores. Accordingly, upon his return to England, he procured from his royal master, Charles I., the promise of a grant of territory in the region which he had just visited.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.