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John Guy of Bristol and Newfoundland

His Life, Times and Legacy

by (author) Dr Alan F. Williams

edited by W. Gordon Handcock & Chesley W. Sanger

Publisher
Flanker Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2011
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897317945
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $24.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781897317648
    Publish Date
    Oct 2010
    List Price
    $34.95

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This book relates to the two principal themes of the Cupids 400 Celebrations — the settlement of Cupids in 1610 and the origins of English settlement in ?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Newfoundland and Canada. John Guy was an influential merchant and civic figure in Bristol and West of England history and an important figure in the early history of settlement in Newfoundland through his association with the London and Bristol Company and the colonization of Cupers Cove (Cupids). This book is the biography of one of the province’s and country’s most significant historical figures. It is the most authoritative source on John Guy: merchant, colonizer, Newfoundland governor, Bristol civic official and West of England landowner.?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

About the authors

Dr. Alan F. Williams was a native of Bristol who also had an association with Newfoundland through teaching and research in the Department of Geography at Memorial University.

Dr Alan F. Williams' profile page

W. Gordon Handcock is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Geography, Memorial University. His research interests include the Lester Diaries 1751–1802 and settlement geography-origins and development and is author of Soe Long as There Comes no Women: English Migration and Settlement in Newfoundland.

W. Gordon Handcock's profile page

Chesley W. Sanger is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Geography, Memorial University. His research interests include historical geography and marine resources, and Newfoundland shore-based whaling. Among his published works is the book (with A.B. Dickinson), Twentieth-Century Shore-Station Whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Chesley W. Sanger's profile page