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- Title: Imports to Newfoundland in the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries (Research NOTE)
- Author : Newfoundland and Labrador Studies
- Release Date : January 22, 2011
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 372 KB
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THE ENGLISH SHORE-BASED fishery in the late seventeenth century relied heavily on trade ships, particularly those engaged in the sack trade, to bring fish to market and to supply the Newfoundland fishery with goods. While the sack ships' purpose to go to Newfoundland was to buy fish for further trade, these ships seldom arrived empty. (1) Seeing the need for goods in Newfoundland, ships arrived with cargoes for the consumption by the island's population or for use in the fishery itself. Documents on shipping show that the trade to Newfoundland was not simple. Instead, the imports to Newfoundland involved a complex trade with many ports, commodities, nations, and routes. Three commodities that illustrate the complexity of this trade are provisions, alcohol, and salt. These commodities are well documented in such sources as merchant accounts, legal records, official reports, and journals. Using documents from the Colonial Office Files and other sources, some of which are constructed as tables here, this essay illustrates importation to Newfoundland as an international trade with links to England, Southern Europe, New England, the Caribbean, and elsewhere. (2) What emerges from these documents is the diversity of imports coming from many sources through a transatlantic trade network. This trade, as illustrated by the diversity of imports, illustrates Newfoundland's deep involvement in an international economy and elevates its position from fishing outpost to an integrated part of the Atlantic world. (3)