Matching Articles"19th Century" (Total 455)

  • 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.
  • The Beothuk at Ferryland
    An article about the discovery during the 1995 archaeological field season showing evidence that Ferryland had been occupied by the Beothuk.
  • Bob Bartlett
    Biography of the explorer, Captain Robert (Bob) Bartlett, who skippered some of the most famous and controversial expeditions to the Arctic.
  • Whatever Happened to the Effie M. Morrissey
    The story of the schooner Effie M. Morrissey, which for nearly 20 years took Capt. Bob Bartlett and teams of scientists to the Arctic.
  • Eyewitness Accounts of Early Outport Life
    Much of our knowledge of daily life in outport Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th century comes from the pens of visitors. They were typically missionaries, explorers, naturalists, and geologists whose work brought them to outlying communities not often visited by outsiders or even the local government.
  • Ferryland: Archaeology at the Colony of Avalon
    An introduction to the archaeology conducted at the Colony of Avalon in Ferryland, NL
  • Ferryland names A-D
    A list of some Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century whose surnames begin with the letters A-D.
  • Ferryland names E-H
    A list of some Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century whose surnames begin with the letters E-H.
  • Ferryland names I-L
    A list of some Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century whose surnames begin with the letters I-L.
  • Ferryland names Q-T
    A list of some Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century whose surnames begin with the letters Q-T.
  • Ferryland names U-Z
    A list of some Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century whose surnames begin with the letters U-Z.
  • Some Ferryland residents since 1597
    Introductory page for a list of Ferryland residents from 1597 to the 19th century.
  • 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
  • The Role of the Garrison, 1815-1870
    The role of the Garrison in Newfoundland between the years 1815 and 1870.
  • Journal Provides Glimpse of Dangers at Sea
    The life of Lieut. Howard Douglas and his account of the wreck of the British ship Phillis off the southwest coast of Newfoundland in October 1795.
  • 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.
  • Immigration
    The unprecedented prosperity of the early 19th century contributed to an extraordinary increase in immigration to Newfoundland
  • Indigenous Relations with Europeans 1600-1900
    The nature of Newfoundland and Labrador's economy limited direct interaction between Indigenous groups and Europeans for much of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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