Newfoundland in the early seventeenth century already had a flourishing fishery for cod in which European fishermen had engaged for over a century. Settlement was closely tied to fishing, but also included a search for iron, attempts at agriculture, manufacture of glass and soap, and a trade in furs with the native Beothuk Indians. The colonists recorded geography, climate, resources and people, as well as their own struggle to survive.
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Newfoundland in the early seventeenth century already had a flourishing fishery for cod in which European fishermen had engaged for over a century. Settlement was closely tied to fishing, but also included a search for iron, attempts at agriculture, manufacture of glass and soap, and a trade in furs with the native Beothuk Indians. The colonists recorded geography, climate, resources and people, as well as their own struggle to survive.
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F- in VG+ jacket. F-/VG+. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a trfile rubbed) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed, short closed tear to tail edge); pp. xviii, 310, with 5 illustrations & maps. A near fine copy.
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310. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sparse pencil markings. Slight wear on upper edge of text. Dust jacket slightly worn on front facing, edges, corners along spine and ends of spine. Otherwise VG.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 310pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked, with foxing to edges of block. DJ has rubbing, edgewear.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. xviii, 310pp, index, maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Some minor rubbing to jacket. Presents documents related to the earliest settlments in Newfoundland. Includes the first colony; the propagandist Richard Whitbourne; Lord Falkland's colony; Sir George Calvert and the Ferryland colony.
