Matching Articles"Exploration" (Total 29)

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  • More Europeans at the end of the 15th century were engaged in fishing than in any other occupation except farming.
  • Fishermen from Portugal, the Basque provinces of France and Spain, Northern France (perhaps Normandy) and West Country England are known to have frequented eastern Newfoundland during the first half of the 1600s, some as early as the first decade of the 16th century.
  • The Basque whalers of France and Spain enjoyed at least 50 years of prosperity off the Labrador coast hunting whales during the 16th century.
  • If modern scholars generally favour a northern landfall for Cabot's 1497 voyage, there has been strong support for a landfall on Cape Breton Island.
  • Early Cartography of Newfoundland and Labrador--Exploration--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
  • Information about the islands St. Pierre and Miquelon from their initial discovery by Joas Alvarez Fagundes, to the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
  • Information about initial settlement schemes for Newfoundland.
  • Information about English and French exploration in the early 16th century.
  • Newfoundland with its adjacent waters was originally viewed as a cod fishery, an important supplement to fisheries carried on in European waters.
  • Introductory page for the historical documents relating to Ferryland, giving explanations for the selction of documents, spelling and punctuation, and correct citation.
  • Table of Contents for the historical documents relating to Ferryland.
  • A list of some Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century whose surnames begin with the letters A-D.
  • A list of some Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century whose surnames begin with the letters I-L.
  • A list of some Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century whose surnames begin with the letters Q-T.
  • Introductory page for a list of Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century.
  • A brief history of Labrador, including the importance of the fishery, permanent settlement, and relations with Quebec and with Newfoundland.
  • John Cabot may have discovered an ocean route from Europe to North America, but this information did little to clarify the geography of eastern Canada.
  • The Matthew was the ship in which John Cabot sailed from Bristol to North America in 1497.
  • A brief overview of the history of the migratory fishery on the east coast of Newfoundland. Ferryland is highlighted as a port.
  • Page 4 of a sample of miscellaneous artifacts unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.