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Historic Newfoundland and Labrador
L.E.F. English
Price: CDN$9.95
Published in 1988 by Department of Development and Tourism
81 Pages, 5.5 x 7.5 inches
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Book Description
The Newfoundland De-partment of Development is proud to include in its range of material de-scribing the Province of
Newfoundland, this booklet, which deals
with the romantic history of Britain's
Oldest Colony - Canada's Newest
Province.
The information was gathered and collated by one of the foremost au-thorities on Newfoundland history and folklore, the late L.E.F. English, M.B.E. Mr. English relates Newfoundland's story in a popular style that makes for exciting reading, apart entirely from the educational worth of such a publication.
Because of the importance of ar-chaeological discoveries made at Port au Choix and L'Anse-aux-Meadows since this booklet was originally pub-lished, supplementary articles on the aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland and Labrador and on the Viking voyages have been added to the current reprint. An additional section gives a brief ac-count of the long history of the Por-tuguese in Newfoundland waters.
This is important reading, for, in a sense, the early history of Newfound-land is that Of all North America. This great island is recognized as the cradle of European colonial settlement in North America; settlers were wrestling a living from the seas around Newfoundland shores when New York, Chicago, To-ronto and Vancouver were not dreamed of even by the most optimistic empire builders. Squantum, an indian who had learned the English language in New-foundland, surprised the Pilgrim Fathers when they landed at Plymouth rock by welcoming them in their own tongue.
The booklet has been prepared with two-fold purpose in mind. It is hoped that the presentation of historical data in this fashion will give new impetus to those of our island who are interested in pre-serving that which reminds us of our great hedtage. It is hoped, too, that this booklet will prove of great interest to the thousands of tourists who have planned, or will plan, a visit to Newfoundland.
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