Brothers of Peril: A Story of old Newfoundland

ISBN-13: 9781530577873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 112 str.

Theodore Goodridge Roberts

Opis

During the three centuries directly following John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland, that unfortunate island was the sport of careless kings, selfish adventurers, and diligent pirates. While England, France, Spain, and Portugal were busy with courts and kings, and with spectacular battles, their fishermen and adventurers toiled together and fought together about the misty headlands of that far island. Fish, not glory, was their quest Full cargoes, sweetly cured, was their desire-and let fame go hang

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