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PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN-101331217326
ISBN-139781331217329
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Book TitleReport on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas, 1853 (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages330 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicCanada / General
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorLorenzo Sabine
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Weight15.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
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SynopsisExcerpt from Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas, 1853 "The subject of the fisheries being one of high importance, and having recently attracted great and general attention, I transmit herewith a highly interesting and valuable report prepared for this Department by Lorenzo Sabine, esq., embracing - "1. A report on the fisheries in the American seas of France, Spain, and Portugal. "2. A report on the fisheries of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward's island, Magdelene islands, Bay of Chaleurs, Labrador, and New Brunswick. "3. Report on the fisheries of the United States. "4. Review of the controversy between the United States and Great Britain as to the intent and meaning of the first article of the convention of 1818." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Excerpt from Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas, 1853 The subjects of France shall have the liberty of fishing and dry ing on a part of the coasts of the island of Newfoundland, such as it is Specified in the thirteenth article of the treaty of Utrecht, which article is renewed and confirmed by the present treaty, (except what relates to the island of Cape Breton, as well as the other islands and coasts in the mouth and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.) And his Britannic Majesty consents to leave to the subjects of the Most Christian King the liberty of fishing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on condition that the subjects of France do not exercise the said fishery but at the distance of three leagues from all the coasts belonging to Great Britain, as well those of the continent as those of the islands situated in the said Gulf of St. Lawrence. And as to what relates to the fishery on the coasts of the island of Cape Breton, out of said gulf, the subjects of the Most Chris tian King shall not be permitted to exercise the said fishery but at the distance of fifteen leagues from the coasts of the island of Cape Bre ton; and the fishery on the coasts of N ova Scotia, or Acadia, and every where else out of the said gulf, shall remain on the footing of former treaties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
