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A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial, and foreign records

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Title	A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial, and foreign records
Author	Prowse, D. W. (Daniel Woodley)
Publisher	MacMillan and Co.
Place of Publication	London; New York
Date	1895
Physical Description	xxiii, 742 p. : ill., maps, ports.
Description	1st edition. Prowse's History of Newfoundland (1895) remains to this day the most famous account of the colony's history. Mixing detailed primary source research with his own extensive collection of anecdotes, Prowse presents the story of Newfoundland chronologically by reigning British monarch and with an eye to the influence its development had on England. The overriding theme is the march of progress, that Newfoundland had overcome its problems and was bound for inevitable prosperity. -- "Prefatory note by Edmund Gosse; with thirty-four collotypes, over three hundred text illustrations, and numerous maps" (title page). -- Includes supplement: A history of the Churches in Newfoundland / various writers (56 p. : ill.).
Subject	Newfoundland and Labrador--History Newfoundland and Labrador--Colonization Great Britain--Colonies--America Newfoundland and Labrador--Church history
Contributors	Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928
About the Author	Daniel Woodley Prowse (1834-1914), born in Port de Grave, is best-known as a judge, essayist and historian. In addition to his famous History of Newfoundland (1895), Prowse also produced several editions of his Newfoundland Guide Book (1905), contributed to the newly-established Newfoundland Quarterly magazine, and created a legal manual for outport justices that was used for many years. (G.M. Story, "Prowse, Daniel Woodley" Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 14.)
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 666-91) and index.
Location	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Time Period	1497-1895
Local Call Number	FF 1026 P67 RARE
Type	Text
Resource Type	Book
Format	image/jpeg; application/pdf
Language	eng
Collection	Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books
Sponsor	Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Source	Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies.
Repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies
PDF File	(62 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/ProwseHistory.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	25635.cpd

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Description	A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial, and foreign records
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A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial, and foreign records

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