Matching Articles"19th Century" (Total 10)

  • Napoleonic Wars and the Economy
    The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) were a time of social upheaval in Europe, but brought economic prosperity to Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • 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.
  • Bob Bartlett
    Biography of the explorer, Captain Robert (Bob) Bartlett, who skippered some of the most famous and controversial expeditions to the Arctic.
  • 19th Century French Fishery
    The French Revolution and the wars of the Napoleonic empire brought about an interruption in the French fishery in Newfoundland.
  • Newfoundland and the French and American Wars, 1793-1815
    An article on Newfoundland's involment in the war between Britain and France which, with only minor interruption, lasted from 1793 until 1815
  • Drawn by the Lure of Labrador
    The story of the tragic 1903 Hubbard Expedition into the Labrador interior, and an overview of the career of Dillon Wallace.
  • The North Pole
    Between 1898 and 1909, Newfoundland and Labrador ice captain Bob Bartlett and American explorer Robert Peary made three separate attempts to reach the North Pole.
  • From 1816 to the Present
    The fishery remained the mainstay of the St. Pierre and Miquelon economy during the 19th century.
  • Exploring 19th-Century Labrador
    An account of the failed 1887 expedition of Randle Wilson Holme (1864-1957) to reach Churchill Falls in the interior of Labrador.

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