Combining innovative archaeological analysis with historical research; Peter E. Pope examines the way of life that developed in seventeenth-century Newfoundland; where settlement was sustained by seasonal migration to North America's oldest industry; the cod fishery. The unregulated English settlements that grew up around the exchange of fish for wine served the fishery by catering to nascent consumer demand. The English Shore became a hub of transatlantic trade; linking Newfoundland with the Chesapeake; New and old England; southern Europe; and the Atlantic islands. Pope gives special attention to Ferryland; the proprietary colony founded by Sir George Calvert; Lord Baltimore; in 1621; but later taken over by the London merchant Sir David Kirke and his remarkable family. The saga of the Kirkes provides a narrative line connecting social and economic developments on the English Shore with metropolitan merchants; proprietary rivalries; and international competition.Employing a rich variety of evidence to place the fisheries in the context of transatlantic commerce; Pope makes Newfoundland a fresh point of view for understanding the demographic; economic; and cultural history of the expanding North Atlantic world.
#366601 in Books The University of North Carolina Press 2001-02-05Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.90 x 1.00 x 5.90l; 1.30 #File Name: 0807849235416 pages
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