Author:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Counsel for Emigrants, and Interesting Information from Numerous Sources Concerning British America, the United States, and New South Wales
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Fast Sailing and Copper-Bottomed
Author: Lucille H. Campey
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459712900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The days when Aberdeen’s "fast sailing and copper-bottomed" ships carried emigrant Scots to Canada are brought to life in this fascinating account of the northern Scotland exodus during the sailing ship era. Taking readers through new and little-used documentary sources, Lucille H. Campey finds convincing evidence of good ships, sailed by experienced captains and managed by reputable people, thus challenging head on the perceived imagery of abominable sea passages in leaking old tubs. And by considering the significance of ship design and size, she opens a new window on our understanding of emigrant travel. Instead of concentrating on the extreme cases of suffering and mishaps, to be found in anecdotal material, Campey’s approach is to identify all of the emigrant sea crossings to Canada made on Aberdeen sailing ships. Observing the ships which collected passengers from the port of Aberdeen as well as those which collected emigrants at Highland ports, especially Cromarty and Thurso, Campey reveals the processes at work and the people who worked behind the scenes to provide the services. Her following of the emigrant Scots on to their New World destinations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Upper Canada provides us with an opportunity to see how events in Canada were influencing both the decision to emigrate and choice of location. These emigrant Scots succeeded, often after difficult beginnings, and would endow Canada with their rich traditions and culture which live on to this day.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459712900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The days when Aberdeen’s "fast sailing and copper-bottomed" ships carried emigrant Scots to Canada are brought to life in this fascinating account of the northern Scotland exodus during the sailing ship era. Taking readers through new and little-used documentary sources, Lucille H. Campey finds convincing evidence of good ships, sailed by experienced captains and managed by reputable people, thus challenging head on the perceived imagery of abominable sea passages in leaking old tubs. And by considering the significance of ship design and size, she opens a new window on our understanding of emigrant travel. Instead of concentrating on the extreme cases of suffering and mishaps, to be found in anecdotal material, Campey’s approach is to identify all of the emigrant sea crossings to Canada made on Aberdeen sailing ships. Observing the ships which collected passengers from the port of Aberdeen as well as those which collected emigrants at Highland ports, especially Cromarty and Thurso, Campey reveals the processes at work and the people who worked behind the scenes to provide the services. Her following of the emigrant Scots on to their New World destinations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Upper Canada provides us with an opportunity to see how events in Canada were influencing both the decision to emigrate and choice of location. These emigrant Scots succeeded, often after difficult beginnings, and would endow Canada with their rich traditions and culture which live on to this day.
Counsel for Emigrants ... Third edition, with a supplement
Author: COUNSEL.
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Emigration from North-east Scotland
Author: Marjory Harper
Publisher: [Aberdeen] : Aberdeen University Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher: [Aberdeen] : Aberdeen University Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Torch and Colonial Book Circular
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Northern Scotland
Author:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Catalogue of the Free Public Library, Sydney, for the Years 1869-87
Author: Public Library of New South Wales
Publisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Catalogue
Author: New South Wales Free Public Library, Sydney
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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The Emigrant's Guide to North America
Author: Robert MacDougall
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9781896219431
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Robert MacDougall's The Emigrant's Guide to North America, written in Gaelic and published in 1841, attempts to give an accurate picture of Canada. Set up to provide a practical background for Highland Scots coming to Canada, it includes all the information MacDougall feels will be necessary -- including preparation for the trip. The book also serves as a type of travelogue, describing particular sights and sounds found on the way to his ultimate destination, Goderich, in the Huron Tract. This translated work retains the unmistakable speech patterns, images and rhymes of the Gaelic language. Robert MacDougall's quirky, opinionated personality speaks clearly, seeking to dispel some myths about Canada of the time by telling the "truth." This book deserves to be read by a wide audience. "I don't know where else you could find such riches of information and observation, so compactly presented, about this exhilirating and trying time in our past. Or get so fresh a sense of a real man of that time, with his energy and sweeping opinions and flourishing rhetoric. The translator and the editor have done a splendid job." -- Alice Munro>
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9781896219431
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Robert MacDougall's The Emigrant's Guide to North America, written in Gaelic and published in 1841, attempts to give an accurate picture of Canada. Set up to provide a practical background for Highland Scots coming to Canada, it includes all the information MacDougall feels will be necessary -- including preparation for the trip. The book also serves as a type of travelogue, describing particular sights and sounds found on the way to his ultimate destination, Goderich, in the Huron Tract. This translated work retains the unmistakable speech patterns, images and rhymes of the Gaelic language. Robert MacDougall's quirky, opinionated personality speaks clearly, seeking to dispel some myths about Canada of the time by telling the "truth." This book deserves to be read by a wide audience. "I don't know where else you could find such riches of information and observation, so compactly presented, about this exhilirating and trying time in our past. Or get so fresh a sense of a real man of that time, with his energy and sweeping opinions and flourishing rhetoric. The translator and the editor have done a splendid job." -- Alice Munro>
The Microbook Library of American Civilization
Author: Library Resources, inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library of American civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library of American civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
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