A Scottish Venture in the Newfoundland Fish Trade, 1726-1727
This essay charts the misfortunes of Scottish merchant voyage to Newfoundland fisheries aboard the Christian. Author Olaf Janzen studies the correspondence of merchant Edward Burd Jr to determine that a combination of the crew’s inexperience of the fish trade, inability to meet the needs of the mark...
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Liverpool University Press
1998
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9780968128855.003.0006 |
Summary: | This essay charts the misfortunes of Scottish merchant voyage to Newfoundland fisheries aboard the Christian. Author Olaf Janzen studies the correspondence of merchant Edward Burd Jr to determine that a combination of the crew’s inexperience of the fish trade, inability to meet the needs of the market, a cumbersome ship, and sheer bad luck, kept the venture from establishing what should have been a clear and profitable expansion of Scottish trade. |
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