Contributions

  • Stopp, Marianne P. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal, Québec (Province)

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780773533820
  • Open LibraryOL24112437M

Classifications

  • DDC971.8/202092
  • DDCB
  • LCCF1136 .C325 2008
and 2 more
  • LCCF1136
  • LCCFC2193.3 .C37 2008

Description

"Captain George Cartwright (1739-1819), an English merchant who spent time in Labrador between 1770 and 1786, is best known for the fascinating account of his experiences collected in the Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador (1792)." "In recent years more of his papers have been discovered and stand alongside his journal as important source material on the early colonial period in the Atlantic region. Transcribed from the original documents and extensively annotated by Marianne Stopp, the new papers not only give instructions about such practical matters as how to build a house in a sub-arctic climate or the best methods of sealing, trapping, and salmon fishing but also provide a first-hand account of merchant rivalries and trade with Aboriginal groups."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

InuitChasseSealingSaumonsHuntingHistoryPhoques

People

George Cartwright (1739-1819)

Times

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