Matching Articles"Exploration" (Total 28)

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  • The 16th Century International Fishery
    More Europeans at the end of the 15th century were engaged in fishing than in any other occupation except farming.
  • The English Fishery and Trade in the 18th Century
    The British migratory fishery at Newfoundland reached its height in the 18th century in terms of production, employment, and revenue.
  • Early 20th Century Exploration
    20th Century Exploration--Exploration--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
  • The Seven Years' War, 1756-1763.
    Information about the Seven Years War, the long-expected war that broke out in May 1756.
  • The Nine Years' War, 1689-1697
    This first episode in the long contest between England and France is also known as King William's War, and as the War of the Grand Alliance.
  • The Impact of the Anglo-French Wars, 1793-1803
    Coming so soon after the massive market collapse of the late 1780s, the Anglo-French wars had a devastating effect on the migratory fishery.
  • Anglo-French Warfare
    France and England - later Great Britain - were at war, on and off, from 1689 to 1815.
  • Defenses - History - Colony of Avalon
    The most obvious feature of the defensive works is a large ditch, some 6.1 metres (20 feet) wide and about 1.2 metres (4 feet) deep that seems to have bordered at least the entire eastern side of the colony.
  • Waterfront - History - Colony of Avalon
    Between 1992 and 1995 a portion of the 17th-century waterfront was revealed.
  • Beothuk Archaeology at Ferryland
    Archaeologists, after finding artifacts in one of the lower layers of the site, suspected they may have been made by the Beothuk.
  • Bob Bartlett
    Biography of the explorer, Captain Robert (Bob) Bartlett, who skippered some of the most famous and controversial expeditions to the Arctic.
  • 17th and 18th Century Bottle Seals Excavated at Ferryland, NL
    The articles that follow is an attempt to identify the owners of 19 bottle-seal fragments from English glass wine bottles and to provide some insight into the practice of bottle-sealing.
  • Page 1 - Bottle Seals
    Page 1 showing nine bottle-seal fragments from 17th and 18th century English glass wine bottles unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.
  • Page 2 - Bottle Seals
    Page 2 showing eight bottle-seal fragments from 18th century English glass wine bottles unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.
  • Case Study of an Artifact
    Of the approximate one million artifacts excavated to date from the Ferryland archaeology site, at least a third of those are represented by ceramic sherds.
  • Cataloguing at Ferryland
    Each artifact or sample removed from the burial matrix of an excavation unit is described briefly on a field tag. Exact location, depth below surface, date of excavation and excavator's name are recorded on the tag.
  • Ceramic Restoration - Conservation Laboratory
    An article on the restoration of ceramic artifacts at the Colony of Avalon in Ferryland, NL
  • Collections Storage - Conservation Laboratory
    After the artifacts have been excavated, stabilized and conserved, documented, catalogued and numbered they are stored in the collections storage room. This is the "above ground" resting place for the objects.
  • [Colonel] J. Gibson; 8 June, 1697
    An extract from Letter to Board of Trade, by Colonel J. Gibson, dated June 28, 1697.
  • Conservation of Inorganic Artifacts
    Inorganic artifacts are those made from the earth's crust. These objects characteristically will not burn if ignited, are insensitive to light and humidity, are crystalline or glassy in structure, are brittle, and range from being porous to dense, and from soft to hard.

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