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A History of Newfoundland from the English, Colonial and Foreign Records - (Book - Amazon.com) : From 1497 to the permanent settlement in Virginia and the landing of the Pilgrim fathers in 1620, Newfoundland was the only colony and the only possession in North America occupied and governed by Englishmen. This period of over a century is completely overlooked by American historians. To the early American settlers Newfoundland was the parent colony, a meager and haggard kind of mother, yet she saved the ancient colony of Virginia from semi-starvation by a timely cargo of fish. When the New York settlers first tried to establish a fishery in Sandy Hook, it was to this colony they applied for assistance and men. The same Devonshire adventurers who traded to and colonized Newfoundland were the first to make a similar attempt in New England. The author has endeavored to show the close connection between this ancient colony and the young English settlements on the continent—the story of early struggles and mutual aid between Newfoundland and especially New England.
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Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland -
(Book - Amazon.ca) : Published by Memorial University of Newfoundland. Click on link to read customer reviews.
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Saltfish and Shmattes: A History of the Jews in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1770 - (Book - Amazon.ca) : This new history of the Jews in Britain's oldest colony traces the three waves of settlement of Jews in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador.
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The Moravians in Labrador -

(Book - Amazon.ca) : The Moravian Mission in Labrador was attempted under circumstances scarcely less discouraging than those under which the brethren were enabled to achieve the moral conquest of Greenland was attended with incidents still more romantic and blest with a success equally remarkable.
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The Story of Labrador -

(Book - Amazon.ca) : Newfoundland and Labrador are like two uneasy stepsisters, each with its own distinct identity, trying to share a common house. Using original research, including personal interviews, and drawing on his forty-year association with Labrador, Bill Rompkey explores this relationship in the context of the region's unique racial, geographical, political, and social history.
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