Waterford's maritime world : the ledger of Walter Butler, 1750-1757 / John Mannion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mannion, John J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navigation--History--18th century.

Navigation.

Shipping--Ireland--Waterford--History--18th century.

Shipping.

Shipping--Newfoundland and Labrador--History--18th century.

Butler, Walter (Sea captain).

Butler, Walter.

Ireland--Waterford.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, [2022]

Summary:

In October 1750 Walter Butler, a Waterford sea captain, purchased a ship in the port of Bordeaux and had it refitted there before loading it with wine, brandy and other French produce for his home port. Renamed the Catherine after his wife, the ship spent the winter in Waterford where Butler and his men prepared for a voyage to Newfoundland. She departed for the fishery in April 1751 with "passengers" (seasonal migrants) and salt provisions, returning home in the fall. Over the next six years The Catherine completed three more round trips to Newfoundland and voyages to London, Tenby, Dublin, Cork, Lisbon, Cadiz and Seville. The brig was captured off St. Lucar by a French privateer in spring, 1757. Butler's account of the Catherine survives (Prize Papers, High Court of Admiralty). The ledger contains the most detailed description of a Waterford ship, shipmaster and crew for the eighteenth century. It is a record of everyday economic exchanges with merchants, traders, artisans and labourers in Waterford city and in the ports and fishing harbours visited by the Catherine overseas, in England, Wales, France, Iberia and in faraway Newfoundland.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Beginnings: Walter Butler in Waterford, Cork and Bordeaux, 1750

2. Ireland's Newfoundland trade: Waterford and Placentia/Trepassey, 1751

3. Fishing the banks, 1752

4. The Portugal trade: Waterford and Lisbon, 1753

5. The trade at Cadiz, 1753

6. The fishery at Ferryland, 1754

7. The fishery at Harbour Grace, 1755

8. London, Dublin and Cadiz, 1756

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9. Summary and conclusions, 1750

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.

ISBN:

1801510164

9781801510165

OCLC:

1292973002

Publisher Number:

99991890937