Title

'St. John's, Newfoundland', c1900. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'St. John's, Newfoundland', c1900. Fishing rights in Canada. 'This island - the oldest colony of Great Britain, which came into our possession in 1583 by occupation - was formally declared by the Treaty of Utrecht, in 1713, to belong, as a right, wholly to Great Britain, and Frenchmen prohibited from resorting to its shores "except for the one purpose of fishery"...France translated the right to "catch and dry fish" as including the right to "trap and can lobsters", whereas a lobster is not a fish, and canning is not drying'. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne]

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A77_047

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,2Mb (3,3Mb) / 21,4in x 11,1in / 6414 x 3335 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation coast boat boats arts coastal politics harbour fishing trade book port British Canada color colony fishing boats village fishing boat political location century Colonial empire Britain fishing village literature international relations concept B&W Newfoundland engraved engraving Colour rights water transport black & white black and white B W white and black 1900s 20th century The Print Collector British Empire colonialism colonisation TGN engraving landscape Unknown Cassells Co Cassell & Co Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell's History of England Cassell & Company Cassell &