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History Pre-confederation (to 1867)

The New Labrador Papers of Captain George Cartwright

by (author) George Cartwright & Marianne P. Stopp

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2008
Category
Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773533820
    Publish Date
    Jun 2008
    List Price
    $100.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773542891
    Publish Date
    Jul 2013
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773578456
    Publish Date
    Jun 2008
    List Price
    $45.95

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Description

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.

About the authors

Marianne P. Stopp is an archaeologist who has researched the history and prehistory of Labrador for over twenty-five years.

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Marianne P. Stopp is a historian at Parks Canada and editor of The New Labrador Papers of Captain George Cartwright.

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