HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Grand Banks Of Newfoundland
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English crown by introducing the father, king, crucifix to the new people and negating to mention their story: he travelled in and found human habitation but made no contact/ he found many fish on the coast (cod) John day played role (after documenting cabot in 1497 to. The fish were a natural resource that was abundant (especially in the. Grand banks region), easy to harvest and easy to transport. seasonally from grand banks to coves of newfoundland so there: the harvest was shaped by migratory patterns. It ranged: france and england had the top control of fisheries in new were to primary fisheries during the year: inshore and offshore. Inshore was during the summer because fishers wouldn"t survive the winter and offshore was in the winter because fishers could stay protected on their boats. The fishers arrived in january and fished until may without even being in newfoundland: offshore: heavy salting and barreling was done on the ships.
