CONTENTS 



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CHAP. I. INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERIES 



II. INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES AND AN IM- 

 PERFECT ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW- 

 FOUNDLAND 1 8^ 



III. THE FIRST BEGINNINGS OF A PERFECT 



ENGLISH COLONY IN NEWFOUNDLAND . 45 



IV. THE CRISIS AND THE CONVOYS, 1656-88 . 75 



V. THE FIRST ANGLO-FRENCH DUEL AND 



ENGLISH VICTORY, 1618-1713 . . 87 



VI. A HALF-CENTURY OF PROGRESS, 1713-63. 

 THE SECOND ANGLO-FRENCH DUEL 

 AND ENGLISH VICTORY . . . .109 



VII. THE THIRD ANGLO-FRENCH DUEL AND 

 ENGLISH VICTORY ; AND THE BEGIN- 

 NINGS OF PERMANENCE, 1763-1818 . 130 



VIII. PROGRESS BY LAND DURING THE LAST 



PERIOD, 1818-1910 159 



IX. FISH 192, 



X. BAIT-FISH EXPANSION AND CONFLICT . 2og< 



APPENDICES 



APPENDIX A. SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT'S PLANS TO 



ANNOY THE KING OF SPAIN, 1577 . 242 



B. SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM'S PLAN TO 



ANNOY THE KING OF SPAIN, 1585 . . 246 



C. INSTRUCTIONS TO SIR ]OHN GILBERT, 

 OCTOBER 10, 1585 247 



