The Mayflower's journey to fame began when it was chartered by a group of English investors called the Merchant Adventurers, who hoped to make their fortune in the fur trade.

“五月花号”的成名之旅始于一群被称为“商人冒险家”的英国投资者的租用，他们希望通过毛皮贸易发家致富。

English pioneers in exploration found an instrument for colonization in companies of merchant adventurers, which had long been employed in carrying on commerce with foreign countries.

——英国的探险先驱们在商人冒险家的公司中找到了一种殖民化的工具，这种工具长期以来一直被用来与外国进行商业往来。

A great land corporation, the Transylvania Company, emulating the merchant adventurers of earlier times, secured a huge grant of territory and sought profits in quit rents from lands sold to farmers.

一家伟大的土地公司， 即特兰西瓦尼亚公司， 效仿早期的商人冒险家，获得了大量的领土， 并从出售给农民的土地中获取租金以获取利润。