Matching Articles"Placentia" (Total 6)

  • Document written by Captain Charles Hawkins on December 16, 1691 in response to inquiries from the Lords of the Committee of Trade.
  • Page five of a five page article providing information about what it was like to be a part of the garrison in 18th century Newfoundland.
  • A look at the the economy of Placentia, when it was a French colony in NL from 1662 to 1713.
  • Every fishing property usually included a planter's house, a store with goods and supplies, and cabins for fishing equipment and the crews.
  • The cod fishery and its mercantile activities greatly influenced Irish settlement patterns in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Positive and negative influences of British, French, and American military bases on Newfoundland and Labrador.