ARCTIC The Role of the Basque, Breton and Norman Cod Fishermen in the Discovery of North America from the XVIth to the End of the XVIIIth Century

North Europeans have known of the existence of Newfound-land, Labrador, and perhaps the islands of Saint-pierre and Miquelon since the beginning of the eleventh century. In 1001, the Icelander, BjQm, was driven off course on his way to Greenland by a violent tempest from the northeast and made landf...

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Main Author: Joseph Lehuenen
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