DOCSLIB.ORG

To Iiej.Jiej."Ber

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
To Iiej.Jiej. MAGAZINE OF NEWFOUNDLAND _ TO IIEJ.JIEJ."BER ..." .ft ... \AI e ...... v ,. I: a good Basis for Nestegg Security save part of your income t ... The~ of NOVA S OTIA I. YOUR BNs MANAGER IS A ~~~~~GOOD MAN TO KNOW THE MAGAZINE OF NEWFOUNDLAND VOL XU, NO. 10, ocr., 1955 • GE~ERAL ARTICLES Another 'fFirst" in Newfoundland Br A. B. SuJli"an Il's Spud Digging Time 32 \ C.\HILL By Samuel J. R pn F.ditor Lower Island Cove Church )larksl75th Anni\'crsaT)' 41 (Contributed) Snow in August? By Don Ryan Ferryland By M. P. \furph} • l'fCTORIAL Scenes to Remember 18 • NEWFOUNDLAND AS OTHERS SEE IT The American Viewpoint 34 By ;\l'ellie Dwyer • POETRY A Newfoundland Gypsy 37 By Carolyn L. Strong lie Guardian is Sniff, Sniff! 37 and published By Laura Murray rdian Umited. 91 • REPRINT OF THE MONTH Str!et, St. John's Heart Operation Makes l\fediC:1.1 History 38 Canada. Author~ (BosLOn Sunday Globe) ., Second Class POll Office De-- • DEPARTMENTS t, Ottawa. Sub_ The Editors' Page .3 rates, $2.00 a Baby oC the Month .............. 6 Ia.n""bere in the Picture Contest .......... 13 , (N~founcDand Contest 'Vinners for August 14 S. add 3% 5.S.A. Home News From Abroad 15 IIlrle copies, ZGc. Picture Credits: Pages 2, 19, 21, 23, 29, 31-.-\.delaide Leitch; Pages 4, 20, 22, 26, 27, 28, 30, 44_Ewarl Young; Page 7. Garland Studios, Page 18. H. M. Blackmore; Page 24_R. L. Stevenson; Page 32-Samuel J. Ryan; Page 41_~frs. Allan Morris; Page 4~Don Ryan. Cover Picture: Our co\er girl this month is aLlraCli\e Elizabeth Reid of S1. John's, "ihown in swim aLLire at Topsail beach. Be· sides swimming, Elizabeth is fond of tennis and dancing. but her chief interest at pres· enl is in school activities. She is a pupil at Bishop Spence,. College.-Photo by Ruggles. THE EDITOR'S PAGE ·Taken To Task • 1 a matter how well you think you know your own country. there ,s always someone who knows it better. And more power to rhose who (orne forward to set matters right. In our own case we've just been stepped on by W. F. Randell. Postmaster at Port Rexton. Trinity Bay, for publishing an upside-down, inside-out picture of his hometown in our July issue. We thought we'd done ourselves real proud when we produced the 32-page Bonavista Album in that edition. That is, until the Randell letter arrived. Says Mr. Randell: "The picture on page 41. one of the pictures of Port Rexton, is wrong. The sea and houses should be on the right side of rhe picture and the hill shown, which is known as the 'Big Hill: should be on the left side. The road where the man is standing by the rai's is known as 'Sam's Hill' and appears leading downhill from Port Rexton and should be uphill." Wrong as it is. according to friend Randell of Port Rexton, the offending picture is reproduced on the opposite page. We wish we could present the scene as it should be, but unfortunately rhe negative is not available. It may simply be a case of an enlargement-exposure of the wrong side of the negative, giving an inside-out view of what must 10 any case be a very lovely settlement. Anyway, the customer is always right, and we gladly give Mr. Randell the last word. • The July issue, good as we thought it was, seems to have contained a number of inaccuracies. Richard Bugden of Toronto, Ont., but formerly of Trinity, T.B.. draws our attention to a factual error. 'You sayan page 5 (writes Mr. Bugden) that the first white child was born in Carbonear. According to mv records the first white child to be born in Newfoundland----<lr, as far as is known. in British orth America-saw the light of day at Cupids. Conception Bay. on March 27th. 1613. "John Guy with his colony of Englishmen settled here in 1610 and the first child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Gore ... The earliest record of Carbonear dealt with a pirate raid in 1614." . Me. Bugden. like Mr. Randell, can have the last word-unless there IS sOmeone who has something further to sayan this historic event. As for ourselves we can't remember that far back. OCTOBER, 1955 ANOTHER "FIRST" New Telephone Cable Building at Clarenville By A. B. SULLIVAN N RELATION to the North important business of international I American continent and the comm unications was to be made. Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland has Among those who witnessed the been first in many things. The historic event, besides Clarenville's trend may be said to have begun population-to a man, woman and with the sighting of Cape Bona­ child-were Lieutenant-Governor vista by John Cabot on June 24, Sir Leonard Outerbridge, Hon. 1497, and it was still going strong J. W. Pickersgill. Canadian Min on June 22, of this year-when ister of Immigration, and officials the laying of the first trans-Atlan­ of the three concerns who are fin· tic telephone cable was started from ancing the project as a joint deal. Clarenville. Trinity Bay. Representing those sponsors That was a gala day for the were, W. A. Wolverson, director of busy little Newfoundland town overseas communications for lh, when dignitaries of three countries British Post Office; W. G. Thomp· -Britain. U.S. and the Canadian son, assistant vice-president of mainland-arrived to join ew­ Amerltan Telephone and Tele· foundlanders in an official cere­ graph Company and D. F. Bowie. mony at which new history in the chairman of Canadian Overseas ATLANTIC GUARDIA~ ,..... FOR NEWFOUNDLAND Telecommunications Corporation pound per foor or four million whose companies are backing the pounds rhroughout. r,nture in the proportion of fort1'­ Cosring forty million dollars, on', fifty and nine per cent re­ the undertak ing is designed to pro­ spectIvely. vide a system which will make Apart from the outstanding ad­ possible / thirty-six simultaneous dress,s delivered by those assembled conversations arross the Atlantic to commemorate the historic event. and it is further calculated that its before the cable ship Ai anarch repea tees or booster sections­ pull,d out to sea, highlight of the spaced at every forty miles-will cer,mony was the breaking, on the not need rhecking for at least land end of the cable, by COTC twenty years. Chairman D. F. Bowie of a bottle Going eastward from here, the of seawater from the harbor of M anarch was to payout cable Heart's Content. until she reached Oban-its Euro­ For this chtistening the tradi­ pean terminal in Scotland. West­ tional champagne was dispensed ward, the route from Ciarenville is with when the cable end was for­ over land to Terrenceville, Fortune mally passed over by Captain Bet­ Bay; from there to Sydney Mines son of the ship-significance of under sea and down through the the gestute being that the first Maritimes and Maine by radio re­ suceessfu I ttans-A tla ntic telegraph lay to New York. When com­ cable was landed at Heart's Content pleted, in the rail of 1956, the ! in 1866. western submarine section will pro­ In itself a masterpiece of engin­ vide twenty-four telephone con­ I eering, the new cable measures nections between mainland Canada about two thousand nautical miles. and Newfoundland. One and one quarter inches in diametet, it weighs about one --A I First it was GLASS Awireless ~ -:::~... cable-now .... "":.~ --= it's telephone Trade Supplied by R. J. COLEMAN LTD. across the seas DIAL 2415 Office-Z.c8 Duckworth Street ---------------OCTOBER, 1955 ....... I By comparison with the begin­ Cyrus Field Was Pioneer ning of trans-Atlantic cable history, The promoters of the first tr ·one thing stands out in the project Atlantic cable-laying venture halls. , 0", which is now underway. That is ever, had no such assurance 0; the progress which has been made success. And so It was with Cy in perfecting under-sea communi­ W. Field and Peter Cooper of ,rUl e cations within the last hundred York, who. brought into the v • en years. ture by Frederick Newton Gisbo . r The people who are sponsoring in 1854 formed the New Yo;, this project today do so with con­ ewfoundland and London Tel,. I fidence. This is no mere experi­ graph. C~mpany for the purpose 0 ment. It is a business proposition establIshIng, via eWfoundlao, and its backers know it is going to telegraphic communications b,. work-and pay. tween the United Kingdom an the United States. ti Having linked Cape Breton by cable with Cape Ray and built l Baby of tl.(. land line across the Island by 1856. for which his company received valuable concessions from New. Alontl. foundland, Field went to London in the summer of that year in the hope of interesting English capital in his plans. But, though he did not foresee it at the time, he was to make thirty-nine other trips across the A tlantic and twenty to Newfoundland before seeing those plans fulfilled. Even at this stage, howevet British financiers were sympathetic. As a result sufficient backing was received to launch the first attempt at spanning the Atlantic in the summer of 1857 and on August 6. the U.S.S. Niagara and the H.M.S. Agamemnon began the gigantic task. Things went smoothly for a Holding down this month:s week. But when 325 miles had "Baby of the Month" spot IS been paid out the cable parted.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Expressions of Sovereignty: Law and Authority in the Making of the Overseas British Empire, 1576-1640
    EXPRESSIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY EXPRESSIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: LAW AND AUTHORITY IN THE MAKING OF THE OVERSEAS BRITISH EMPIRE, 1576-1640 By KENNETH RICHARD MACMILLAN, M.A. A Thesis . Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy McMaster University ©Copyright by Kenneth Richard MacMillan, December 2001 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (2001) McMaster University (History) Hamilton, Ontario TITLE: Expressions of Sovereignty: Law and Authority in the Making of the Overseas British Empire, 1576-1640 AUTHOR: Kenneth Richard MacMillan, B.A. (Hons) (Nipissing University) M.A. (Queen's University) SUPERVISOR: Professor J.D. Alsop NUMBER OF PAGES: xi, 332 11 ABSTRACT .~. ~ This thesis contributes to the body of literature that investigates the making of the British empire, circa 1576-1640. It argues that the crown was fundamentally involved in the establishment of sovereignty in overseas territories because of the contemporary concepts of empire, sovereignty, the royal prerogative, and intemationallaw. According to these precepts, Christian European rulers had absolute jurisdiction within their own territorial boundaries (internal sovereignty), and had certain obligations when it carne to their relations with other sovereign states (external sovereignty). The crown undertook these responsibilities through various "expressions of sovereignty". It employed writers who were knowledgeable in international law and European overseas activities, and used these interpretations to issue letters patent that demonstrated both continued royal authority over these territories and a desire to employ legal codes that would likely be approved by the international community. The crown also insisted on the erection of fortifications and approved of the publication of semiotically charged maps, each of which served the function of showing that the English had possession and effective control over the lands claimed in North and South America, the North Atlantic, and the East and West Indies.
    [Show full text]
  • Héros D'autrefois, Jacques Cartier Et Samuel De Champlain
    / . A. 4*.- ? L I B RAR.Y OF THE U N IVER.SITY Of ILLINOIS B C327d Ill.Hist.aurv g/acques wartJer et Ôan\uel ae wi\an\plait> OUVRAGE DU MEME AUTEUR Parlons français : Petit traité de prononciation Prix, cartonné 50 sous. J\éros a autrejoiOIS acques wartier et Samuef è» ©&an\plcun JOSEPH DUMÂIS fondateur du j|ouYenir patriotique AVEC UNE PRÉFACE DE J.-A. DE PLAINES QUÉBEC Imprimerie de I'Action Sociale Limitée 1913 PRÉFACE âgé Monsieur le professeur Joseph Dumais, déjà avanta- geusement connu au Canada français et en Acadie, par ^ ses cours de diction française et par ses conférences pa- triotiques sur notre histoire, ne pouvait mieux commencer la série des publications du « Souvenir patriotique )) — une société qu'il a fondée et dont le beau nom dit le but excellent, — que par l'histoire, populaire et néanmoins assez riche d'érudition, des deux premiers héros de notre grande histoire. Il convenait, en effet, que le début de cette série fut consacré aux commencements mêmes de notre histoire, d'autant que ces commencements sont d'un intérêt tou- jours empoignant pour nous, et d'une grandeur de con- ception digne de toute admiration. La grandeur de l'histoire, comme d'ailleurs son intérêt, ne dépend pas en effet principalement des masses d'hom- mes qu'elle peut faire mouvoir dans le récit d'événements ordinaires, elle dépend plutôt de la grandeur morale des héros qu'elle met en mouvement, sous l'impulsion d'un puissant idéal, pour la réalisation d'une œuvre d'autant plus élevée et plus glorieuse qu'elle est plus ardue et plus périlleuse.
    [Show full text]
  • The Hitch-Hiker Is Intended to Provide Information Which Beginning Adult Readers Can Read and Understand
    CONTENTS: Foreword Acknowledgements Chapter 1: The Southwestern Corner Chapter 2: The Great Northern Peninsula Chapter 3: Labrador Chapter 4: Deer Lake to Bishop's Falls Chapter 5: Botwood to Twillingate Chapter 6: Glenwood to Gambo Chapter 7: Glovertown to Bonavista Chapter 8: The South Coast Chapter 9: Goobies to Cape St. Mary's to Whitbourne Chapter 10: Trinity-Conception Chapter 11: St. John's and the Eastern Avalon FOREWORD This book was written to give students a closer look at Newfoundland and Labrador. Learning about our own part of the earth can help us get a better understanding of the world at large. Much of the information now available about our province is aimed at young readers and people with at least a high school education. The Hitch-Hiker is intended to provide information which beginning adult readers can read and understand. This work has a special feature we hope readers will appreciate and enjoy. Many of the places written about in this book are seen through the eyes of an adult learner and other fictional characters. These characters were created to help add a touch of reality to the printed page. We hope the characters and the things they learn and talk about also give the reader a better understanding of our province. Above all, we hope this book challenges your curiosity and encourages you to search for more information about our land. Don McDonald Director of Programs and Services Newfoundland and Labrador Literacy Development Council ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to thank the many people who so kindly and eagerly helped me during the production of this book.
    [Show full text]
  • The Seventeenth Century Brewhouse and Bakery at Ferryland, Newfoundland
    Northeast Historical Archaeology Volume 41 Article 2 2012 The eveS nteenth Century Brewhouse and Bakery at Ferryland, Newfoundland Arthur R. Clausnitzer Jr. Barry C. Gaulton Follow this and additional works at: http://orb.binghamton.edu/neha Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Clausnitzer, Arthur R. Jr. and Gaulton, Barry C. (2012) "The eS venteenth Century Brewhouse and Bakery at Ferryland, Newfoundland," Northeast Historical Archaeology: Vol. 41 41, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.22191/neha/vol41/iss1/2 Available at: http://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol41/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). It has been accepted for inclusion in Northeast Historical Archaeology by an authorized editor of The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). For more information, please contact [email protected]. Northeast Historical Archaeology/Vol. 41, 2012 1 The Seventeenth-Century Brewhouse and Bakery at Ferryland, Newfoundland Arthur R. Clausnitzer, Jr. and Barry C. Gaulton In 2001 archaeologists working at the 17th-century English settlement at Ferryland, Newfoundland, uncovered evidence of an early structure beneath a mid-to-late century gentry dwelling. A preliminary analysis of the architectural features and material culture from related deposits tentatively identified the structure as a brewhouse and bakery, likely the same “brewhouse room” mentioned in a 1622 letter from the colony. Further analysis of this material in 2010 confirmed the identification and dating of this structure. Comparison of the Ferryland brewhouse to data from both documentary and archaeological sources revealed some unusual features. When analyzed within the context of the original Calvert period settlement, these features provide additional evidence for the interpretation of the initial settlement at Ferryland not as a corporate colony such as Jamestown or Cupids, but as a small country manor home for George Calvert and his family.
    [Show full text]
  • City of St. John's Archives the Following Is a List of St. John's
    City of St. John’s Archives The following is a list of St. John's streets, areas, monuments and plaques. This list is not complete, there are several streets for which we do not have a record of nomenclature. If you have information that you think would be a valuable addition to this list please send us an email at [email protected] 18th (Eighteenth) Street Located between Topsail Road and Cornwall Avenue. Classification: Street A Abbott Avenue Located east off Thorburn Road. Classification: Street Abbott's Road Located off Thorburn Road. Classification: Street Aberdeen Avenue Named by Council: May 28, 1986 Named at the request of the St. John's Airport Industrial Park developer due to their desire to have "oil related" streets named in the park. Located in the Cabot Industrial Park, off Stavanger Drive. Classification: Street Abraham Street Named by Council: August 14, 1957 Bishop Selwyn Abraham (1897-1955). Born in Lichfield, England. Appointed Co-adjutor Bishop of Newfoundland in 1937; appointed Anglican Bishop of Newfoundland 1944 Located off 1st Avenue to Roche Street. Classification: Street Adams Avenue Named by Council: April 14, 1955 The Adams family who were longtime residents in this area. Former W.G. Adams, a Judge of the Supreme Court, is a member of this family. Located between Freshwater Road and Pennywell Road. Classification: Street Adams Plantation A name once used to identify an area of New Gower Street within the vicinity of City Hall. Classification: Street Adelaide Street Located between Water Street to New Gower Street. Classification: Street Adventure Avenue Named by Council: February 22, 2010 The S.
    [Show full text]
  • Adventures in the Sack Trade: London Merchants in the Canada and Newfoundland Trades, 1627-1648
    Adventures in the Sack Trade: London Merchants in the Canada and Newfoundland Trades, 1627-1648 Peter Pope Introduction: Fish into Wine The oft-made, if oft-challenged, assertion that the British cod fishery at Newfoundland was a multilateral trade is not a claim about the geographic path of every ship venturing across the Atlantic with a cargo of dried fish, but an economic analysis of the flow of goods. Whatever the itineraries of individual ships, this important early modern trade was essentially triangular. Mediterranean and Iberian ports imported Newfoundland cod and exported wine and fruit to English and Dutch ports, which in turn exported labour and supplies to Newfoundland. But the ships venturing to the fishery were normally not heavily laden, either in tonnage or value. In other words, if the Newfoundland trade was triangular, it was a flow with two steady streams and one trickle. The wealth extracted from the sea and the value added in making fish returned to England from southern Europe, whether in specie or in the form of wine, fruit, oil, cork or other goods. Only a small fraction of these returns were re-directed to Newfoundland.1 England's trade with Spain and Portugal grew rapidly in the first half of the seventeenth century, particularly during the shipping boom of the 1630s. Wine, much of it from Malaga, was a major English import from Iberia, although raisins and olive oil were also significant.2 The trade in these goods was no less seasonal than the trade in cod. Their respective commercial cycles meshed perfectly: raisins reached market in August; the vintage was shipped in September, October and November; and olive oil was sent in the winter.
    [Show full text]
  • Le Poste Et La Forteresse Par Sophie Drouin
    Le poste et la forteresse Par Sophie Drouin POUR CITER CET ARTICLE, UTILISER L’INFORMATION SUIVANTE : Drouin, Sophie (2001). «Le poste et la forteresse» dans Serge Courville et Robert Garon (dir.), Québec, ville et capitale. Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval (coll. «Atlas historique du Québec»). [En ligne]: https://atlas.cieq.ca/quebec-ville-et-capitale/le-poste-et-la-forteresse.pdf Tous droits réservés. Centre interuniversitaire d’études québécoises (CIEQ) Dépôt légal (Québec et Canada), 2001. ISBN 2‐7637‐7674‐4 provided by Dépôt de documents et de données de Érudit View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk CORE brought to you by EE POSTE L ET LA ET LA FORTERESSE Désenchantés par les contraintes que présente un établisse- PORTRAIT DE SAMUEL ment sur les côtes de l’Atlantique, les Français, intéressés aux DE CHAMPLAIN . Archines nationales du Québec, ressources de l’arrière-pays, se rendent vite compte de l’avan- Ducornet, P600, S5PLC43. tage d’une situation à l’intérieur du continent. Il s’agit ni plus ni moins pour eux de renouer avec l’aventure de Cartier et de Roberval. Dès le tournant du siècle, un poste de traite Ethnographe, il s’attache, tant saisonnier était créé sur la principale voie de pénétration, à bien que mal, à rendre compte Tadoussac. Puis, en juillet 1608, l’habitation de Québec était des mœurs et des coutumes des érigée. Les débuts furent hésitants et le succès, précaire, puis- Amérindiens. Lieu te nant ou com- que, en 1629, la ville, qui compte une poignée d’habitants, mandant de la nouvelle colonie, il fait est prise par les Anglais.
    [Show full text]
  • “Some Commendable Benefit”
    “Some Commendable Benefit” Early Newfoundland Colonizers and the Beginning of Permanent Settlement on the Island William Gilbert March 31, 2016 Introduction Early in 1610 a group of London and Bristol merchants came together to form a company with the goal of establishing “a colony or colonies in the Southerne and Easterne parts of the Countrey and Ile or Ilands, commonly called New-found-land…” . According to the company’s charter, issued by James I on 2 May, 1610, these colonies were intended, “both to secure and make safe the … Trade of Fishing to Our Subjects for ever; And also, to make some commendable benefit for the use of mankind by the lands and profits thereof.” 1 The first colonists arrived in August 1610, setting in motion a series of colonizing schemes that continued for several decades. By 1630 small settlements had been established at Cupids, Harbour Grace, Carbonear, St. John’s, Ferryland, and, possibly, Renews. While the total population of these settlements at that time was probably only about 200, they acted as centres around which other settlements could take hold and helped lay the foundations for much of what was to come later. D.W. Prowse and Some Common Misconceptions It is impossible to properly address the topic of early colonization in Newfoundland without first turning our attention to D.W, Prowse’s A History of Newfoundland. Although it was published over 120 years ago, Prowse’s History still has a strong hold on the popular imagination and, despite roughly six decades of serious research and writing, his ideas on early colonization continue to cast a shadow, even in some corners of the academic world.
    [Show full text]
  • Download (8MB)
    Library and Archives Bibliotheque et 1+1 Canada Archives Canada Published Heritage Direction du Branch Patrimoine de !'edition 395 Wellington Street 395, rue Wellington Ottawa ON K1A ON4 Ottawa ON K1A ON4 Canada Canada Your file Votm refenmce ISBN: 978-0-494-55268-1 Our file Notre reference ISBN: 978-0-494-55268-1 NOTICE: AVIS: The author has granted a non­ L'auteur a accorde une licence non exclusive exclusive license allowing Library and permettant a Ia Bibliotheque et Archives Archives Canada to reproduce, Canada de reproduire, publier, archiver, publish, archive, preserve, conserve, sauvegarder, conserver, transmettre au public communicate to the public by par telecommunication ou par I' Internet, prater, telecommunication or on the Internet, distribuer et vendre des theses partout dans le loan, distribute and sell theses monde, a des fins commerciales ou autres, sur worldwide, for commercial or non­ support microforme, papier, electronique et/ou commercial purposes, in microform, autres formats. paper, electronic and/or any other formats. The author retains copyright L'auteur conserve Ia propriete du droit d'auteur ownership and moral rights in this et des droits meraux qui protege cette these. Ni thesis. Neither the thesis nor Ia these ni des extraits substantials de celle-ci substantial extracts from it may be ne doivent etre imprimes ou autrement printed or otherwise reproduced reproduits sans son autorisation. without the author's permission. In compliance with the Canadian Conformement a Ia loi canadienne sur Ia Privacy Act some supporting forms protection de Ia vie privee, quelques may have been removed from this formulaires secondaires ont ete enleves de thesis.
    [Show full text]
  • Climate and Capitalism: English Perceptions of Newfoundland's Natural Environment and Economic Value, 1610-1699
    Wilfrid Laurier University Scholars Commons @ Laurier Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive) 2017 Climate and Capitalism: English Perceptions of Newfoundland's Natural Environment and Economic Value, 1610-1699 Joshua Tavenor [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd Part of the Canadian History Commons, European History Commons, and the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons Recommended Citation Tavenor, Joshua, "Climate and Capitalism: English Perceptions of Newfoundland's Natural Environment and Economic Value, 1610-1699" (2017). Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). 1911. https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/1911 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars Commons @ Laurier. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive) by an authorized administrator of Scholars Commons @ Laurier. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CLIMATE AND CAPITALISM: ENGLISH PERCEPTIONS OF NEWFOUNDLAND’S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC VALUE, 1610-1699 By Joshua Tavenor (B.A. Historical Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2009) (M.A. History, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010) THESIS Submitted to the Department of History and the Faculty of Postdoctoral Studies In partial fulfillment of the requirements for The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History Wilfrid Laurier University © Joshua Tavenor, 2017 i Author’s Declaration I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. ii Abstract For English merchants, planters and politicians, colonizing Newfoundland required learning the limitations and opportunities afforded by the island’s natural environment. The crucial period for this learning process took place from 1610, the first English effort to colonize the island, to the 1699 passing of the Act to Encourage the Trade to Newfoundland, which defined the cod fishery as the island’s only viable industry.
    [Show full text]
  • Montreal [Microform] : Its History
    .>^>^ ^.^-ti^^r^ :f^^ *I>«I»TJ t , s-,-*'" '-'>. UTw' m n '''tS' MONTREAL ITS HISTORY, TO WHICH IS ADDXD ;ioiif9plti«l ^It^Mfj^j. mi\ jl{(»t(r0¥9|r(($, CF MANY OF ITS PRINCIPAL CITIZENS, Bt Rev. BORTHWICK, J. DOUGLAS AcTHCR OF " Thb BRiTisn AscEUicAS Readkh," " CrCLOPBDiA OF HiaxoRr AND GEoor.APHT," " The Harp of Canaan," " Ths Battles or tue Wori-d," " Every Man's Mink of U?EFrL Knowledge," " The Elementary Geoguapuv of Canada," and " The Histoby of Scottish Sono.' Published by Drthdalb and Co., Stationers and Booksillers, St. jAMEb' Street, 1875. 3^UT4- Entered according to Act of Parliameut in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, by Eev. J. DotroLAS Borthwick, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics at Ottawa. S. — PREFACE. In issuing this work on " Montreal and its Inhabitants," the Author feels that there are many defects in a book of this kind. In a Second Edition these may be remedied. Much assistance has been given to the Author by many gentlemen in Montreal, chief among whom are the Rev. I'Abb^ Yerreau, Prin- cipal of Jacques Cartier Normal School ; Rev. , of the Seminary of St. Sulpice, whose most interesting History of Montreal, with the origin of the names of its older streets, is inserted, with many thanks to him for his kind- ness and assistance. Mrs. Sadlier's Biographical Sketch of the late Honorable T. D. McGee, written expressly for this work, wiU be read by all with much satisfaction—a beautiful tribute from the pen of one of the most talented writers on this Continent, to the memory of a great man and a patriot.
    [Show full text]
  • Avalon and Maryland: a Comparative Historical Archaeology of the Seventeenth­ Century New World Provinces of the Lords Baltimore (1621-1644)
    AVALON AND MARYLAND: A COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SEVENTEENTH­ CENTURY NEW WORLD PROVINCES OF THE LORDS BALTIMORE (1621-1644) by Aaron F. Miller A thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fu lfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Archaeology Memorial University ofNewfoundland February 2013 St. John' s Newfoundland Abstract The Calverts, a seventeenth-century English family headed by the first and second Lords Baltimore left a remarkable colonial legacy in North America. The Lords Baltimore established not one but two colonies in the 1620s and 1630s, the first becoming the Province of A val on in Newfoundland and the second the Province of Maryland. Avalon and Maryland examines the defining aspects of these two colonial ventures in order to better comprehend the history and archaeology of each as well as the differences in the two works and how the experiences at the first influenced the implementation of the second. The individuals who designed and applied those proposals at the two colonies are key to understanding the decisions made. George Calvert's governmental career and economic pursuits propelled his Newfoundland colony but his evolving settlement goals would change the nature of that work and come to define Maryland. His young heir Cecil took on this design and it would prove to be his life ' s work. The appointed leaders of the two colonies also played a crucial role in the on-the-ground decisions and based on George Calvert' s perceived problems at Newfoundland there was a shift from the leadership of military men to a trusted fami ly member at Maryland.
    [Show full text]