Les terre-neuvas honfleurais au temps du Roi-Soleil (1665-1685)

• Main Author: Zysberg, André
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Congés; Rapports de Mer; Pêche morutière; Amirauté; Course; Port registers; ships’ logs; cod fishery; Admiralty court; privateering; hist; droit; Canada; Voit; Newfoundland; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=ANNOR_681_0087

Based on the port and ship registers in Honfleur’s Admiralty court archives and on a data base containing 460 entries, this article examines the Honfleur cod fishery from 1665-1685. It reveals an activity fraught with uncertainty during which sailors and ships confronted many perils including storms...