DCHP-1 Online
Company of (Gentlemen) Adventurers † 
an abbreviation of the charter name of the Hudson's Bay Company, often misquoted.
- 1670 (1942) We Doe . . . grant to . . . the said Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Tradeing into Hudson's Bay. . . .
- 1880 The predecessors of Canada--the Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay, popularly known as the Hudson's Bay Company--had, for long years, been eminently successful in securing the good-will of the Indians. . . .
- 1930 Groups of boats left regularly during the time of open waters for points in the wilderness, following the ordered schedule of the orderly Company of Gentlemen Adventurers.
- 1670 (1942) We Doe . . . grant to . . . the said Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Tradeing into Hudson's Bay. . . .