The New Labrador Papers of Captain George Cartwright

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ID19933304
AuthorsMarianne P Stopp (corresponding author), George Cartwright
Year2008
Pages272
Publication date2008-06-09
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueNew Labrador Papers of Captain George Cartwright (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherMcGill-Queen's University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1515/9780773574564
OpenAlexW4378444311
ISBN9780773574564
Open LibraryOL33405815M
LanguageEN
Citations received8

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; Marianne 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

Art · Art history · Cartography · Geography · George (robot) · Archaeology and Natural History · Canadian Identity and History · History · Polar Research and Ecology · biography · Building · canada · Commerce · description and travel · Frontier and pioneer life · Hunting · Indians of North America · Inuit · Labrador (N.L.) · Material culture · Newfoundland and labrador · Salmon fishing · Sealing · Trapping

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