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Fish into Wine: The Newfoundland Plantation in the Seventeenth Century
Fish into Wine: The Newfoundland Plantation in the Seventeenth Century
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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.
Author: Peter E. Pope
Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North C
Published: 09/27/2004
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.18w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9780807855768
Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2005 pg. 1658
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.
Author: Peter E. Pope
Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North C
Published: 09/27/2004
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.18w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9780807855768
Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2005 pg. 1658
About the Author
Pope, Peter E.: - Peter E. Pope teaches anthropology and history at Memorial University of Newfoundland and is director of the Newfoundland Archaeological Heritage Outreach Program. He is author of The Many Landfalls of John Cabot.
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