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The new Labrador papers of Captain George Cartwright / introduced and edited by Marianne P. Stopp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cartwright, George, 1739-1819.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cartwright, George, 1739-1819--Archives.
- Cartwright, George.
- Cartwright, George, 1739-1819.
- Building--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--History--18th century.
- Building.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Indians of North America--Commerce--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--History--18th century.
- Indians of North America.
- Material culture--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--History--18th century.
- Material culture.
- Merchants--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--Biography.
- Merchants.
- Salmon fishing--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--History--18th century.
- Salmon fishing.
- Sealing--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--History--18th century.
- Sealing.
- Trapping--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--History--18th century.
- Trapping.
- Labrador (N.L.)--Description and travel.
- Labrador (N.L.).
- Labrador (N.L.)--History--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Captain George Cartwright (1739-1819), an English merchant who spent time in Labrador between 1770 and 1786, is best known for the fascinating account of his experiences provided in his Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador (1792). In recent years more of his papers have been discovered and stand alongside his journal as important source material for the early colonial period in the Atlantic region. Transcribed from original documents and extensively annotated by Marianne Stopp, the new papers deal with practical matters such as how to build a house in a sub-arctic climate, the best methods of sealing, trapping, and salmon fishing, as well as merchant rivalries and trade with Aboriginal groups. Cartwright's papers are of value for what they tell us about early methods and materials; Stopp's detailed introduction provides a history of Cartwright's Labrador and discusses these new papers with respect to early architecture, ethnohistory, material culture, and Inuit studies.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- “Observe Everything and Carefully Enter All”: An Introduction to Labrador and the Life of Captain George Cartwright
- The Labrador Writings of George Cartwright
- Human Settlement in Labrador
- An Account of George Cartwright’s Life
- A Description of the New Cartwright Papers
- Historical Relevance of the New Cartwright Papers
- The New Cartwright Papers
- Additions to the Labrador Companion
- Index for Goods
- Memorandum for W
- The Correspondence
- The Loose Papers
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612864469
- 9780773578456
- 0773578455
- 9781282864467
- 1282864467
- 9780773574564
- 0773574565
- OCLC:
- 625372749
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