HIST 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Triangular Trade, Inca Empire, Mercantilism
11 Nov 2016
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Merchant capital and the empires of fish and fur. 5:37 pm: meet marie-joanne and charles renaut. Left alone in a fishing village in france. An accomplishment over the illiteracy of women at the time. Many french men left france to fish on the shores of newfoundland. Posting a letter in the 18th century was an uncertain enterprise. Had to rely on a system in which some mail was carried on fishing ships. Went to the new world to take part in the fishing economy. Every spring he would leave with numerous others to work in the new world for months at a time. As the industry grew they would stay longer. In the fall of 1730 he decided not to go home that winter to take advantage of abundant fish stock. Writes concerned about his health and refers to their daughter. Sent cheese, herbs, clothes and 12 lbs of butter. The four great (overlapping) social formations in canadian history.
