Coldest Harbour in the Land: Simon Stock and Lord Baltimore's Colony in Newfoundland, 1621-1649

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1988 - History - 229 pages
In 1624 Simon Stock, a missionary priest of the Discalced Carmelite order in England, began correspondence with the recently founded Congregation of the Propaganda Fide in Rome in an attempt to interest it in the establishment of a novitiate for English priests of his order. Luca Codignola draws on the letters of Simon Stock and material in the archives of the Propaganda Fide and the Carmelite order to present a fascinating picture of seventeenth-century Catholic colonization.
 

Contents

Illustrations
9
Simon Stock Propaganda Fide and Lord
xxvii
Sir Arthur Aston Adventurer Agrees to Embark
14
Simon Stock Learns about the New World 1625
23
The Search for the Northwest Passage 1626
32
Lord Baltimores Pleasant Summer in Avalon 1627
41
The Tragic Ending of an Adventure 162930
51
Conclusion
58
Introductory Note
65
Notes to Part One
141
Notes to Part Two
173
Bibliography
191
Index
219
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About the author (1988)

Luca Codignola is a member of the Department of History, University of Pisa.

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