SCOUT· 51%1h 40m·2026-08-14·HistoryNewfoundland: The Amphibious Province, 1610-1697
A colony built on cod: We follow how the massive seasonal fishing industry of the 1500s, with its intense competition among Spanish, English, French, Basque, & Portuguese mariners in the frigid North Atlantic waters off of Newfoundland, eventually went ashore and began to construct year-round “plantations” around…
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