Westward Hoe for Avalon in the New-Found-Land: As Described by Captain Richard Whitbourne, of Exmouth, Devon, 1622 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Whitbourne, Richard

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ISBN 10: 1331875706 ISBN 13: 9781331875703

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Westward Hoe for Avalon in the New-Found-Land: As Described by Captain Richard Whitbourne, of Exmouth, Devon, 1622

But his visits to Newfoundland, almost, he says, so familiarly known to me as my own country, began even before this; for about 1580, he went there in a worthy ship of the burden of 300 tons, set forth by one Master Cotton, of Southampton and some three years later he again went to that coast in command of a ship belonging to one Master Crooke, of the same port It was on this occasion that he became an eye-witness of the taking possession of Newfoundland by Sir Humfrey Gilbert, 3. Devonshire knight, under a patent from Queen Elizabeth in returning from which service Sir Humfrey and his ship were overwhelmed by the seas, and so perished. Two years after this the author, again in command of a ship off.

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Excerpt from Westward Hoe for Avalon in the New-Found-Land: As Described by Captain Richard Whitbourne, of Exmouth, Devon, 1622

A Few words on the history of Newfoundland may not be out of place. Discovered (officially) by Sebastian Cabot, in 1497, for Henry VII., fleets for fishing purposes soon frequented its shores. In 1583, Sir Humfrey Gilbert, by patent from Queen Elizabeth, formally annexed it to the British crown, and left a few settlers. Chiefly through Captain Whitbourne's efforts, it was permanently colonized under James I., the "province" being named Avalon, whilst the principal "adventurers" included the Rt. Hon. Henry Gary, Viscount of Falkland, who had received a grant of an extensive "coast circuit" there, and who sent some settlers from Ireland under Sir Francis Tannll, in 1623, Sir John Calvert, His Majesty's Chief Secretary, "The Wor. John Slany, of London, marchant, some Wor. Citizens of Bristoll, the Wor. William Vaughan, of Taracod, in the county of Carmarthen, Doctor of the Civil Law," and some others.

The colony prospered, but Charles the First, influenced by his queen, permitted the French to fish there on payment of tribute.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331875706
• ISBN 13: 9781331875703
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 54