Matching Articles"Exploration" (Total 22)

  • The European exploration of Newfoundland and Labrador continued through the 18th and 19th centuries, often with the assistance of Native peoples.
  • Extracts from a journal by Jean Beaudoin, dated November 10 to 19, 1696, and dealing with France, war, planters, boats, census, and livestock.
  • Early Cartography of Newfoundland and Labrador--Exploration--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
  • Letter to Sir David Kirke, from Charles I of England, dated November 11, 1648, and dealing with planters, names, and the English Civil War (1642-1648).
  • The Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site includes both map reproductions and illustrative maps created for specific articles.
  • Letter to Sir George Calvert (later Lord Baltimore) from Edward Winne, dated August 26, 1621.
  • Information about English and French exploration in the early 16th century.
  • A brief biography on explorer James Cook, who created charts of the Newfoundland coastline during the 18th century.
  • Extract from 'A journal of all the memorable occurances [sic] of my life' by James Yonge, dated 1663.
  • A history of Labrador from the French period of occupation to 1763.
  • European knowledge of the northern Labrador coast was significantly improved after 1763 by a series of voyages carried out by Moravian missionaries.
  • John Cabot may have discovered an ocean route from Europe to North America, but this information did little to clarify the geography of eastern Canada.
  • An English Translation of the Original French Narrative from Documents of the Enquiry into the Labrador Boundary by the British Privy Council.
  • Navigators in the 1500s had few tools to work with: the magnetic compass, the log, the lead line, the quadrant, and dead reckoning.
  • Information about the Newfoundland interior, including interaction with the Beothuk and mapping the area.
  • There is no doubt that great passions have been aroused in Newfoundland about the question of Cabot's landfall.
  • Memorandum and Orders to John Bodington, from Sir David Kirke, dated October 1, 1646.
  • The Portuguese pioneered the European exploration of the Atlantic Ocean. Some historians believe that Portuguese mariners reached Newfoundland before Cabot.
  • Extract from Acts by the Privy Council, dated June 14, 1639, and dealing with planters, food, and material culture.
  • Extract from 'The voyage of Master Charles Leigh...,' by Richard Hakluyt, dated 1597, and dealing with cod, fisheries, ships, and boats.