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"Newfoundland history is that of a people
struggling against just about everything--storms and ice-fields,
pirates and privateers who wanted to rob them of
their meagre earnings, Dutch and French
raiders sent to wrest their country from
them, and last of all, their own 'home'
government in far-off England, where
Newfoundland was regarded not as a
suitable place for settlement so much as a
massive fishing station to be exploited."
So writes Harold Horwood in this book
of photographs portraying the vast sweep
of history of Newfoundland--from the
Norse settlement in A.D. 1005 to the
modern-day province whose people are
blending the traditions of the sea with the
challenges of modern industry. Award winning
photographer John De Visser and Maritime writer
Harold Horwood have combined their talents to bring alive
the history of Newfoundland.
From: Historic Newfoundland
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