Summary: | The British Fishery at Newfoundland Preface -- Introduction: the physical environment -- The beginnings of the fishery -- The first western charter -- The fishery under Cromwell and Charles II -- The problem of regulation, 1660-1676 -- The collapse of charter regulation, 1676-1699 -- The menace of France and New England, 1660-1699 -- Law and war, 1699-1713 -- Peace and disorder, 1713-1729 -- Civil government, 1729-1763 -- The end of an era: recapitulation -- Bibliographical note Yale historical publications. Miscellany 27; Originally presented as the author's thesis, Yale University Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index
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