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• Newfoundland -- Early works to 1800
• History -- Early works to 1800

• A true reporte, of the late discoueries, and possession, taken in the right of the Crowne of Englande, of the new-found landes: by that valiaunt and worthye gentleman, Sir Humfrey Gilbert Knight Wherein is also breefely sette downe, her highnesse lawfull tytle therevnto, and the great and manifolde commodities, that is likely to grow thereby, to the whole realme in generall, and to the aduenturers in particular. Together with the easines and shortnes of the voyage. Seene and allowed. (At London : Printed by I[ohn] C[harlewood] for Iohn Hinde, dwelling in Paules Church-yarde, at the signe of the golden Hinde, Anno. 1583), by George Peckham (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• Newfoundland in 1897; being Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee year and the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the island by John Cabot (S. Low, Marston & company, limited, 1897), by M. Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short history of Newfoundland: England's oldest colony. (W. Collins, sons, & Co., limited, 1890), by M. Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newfoundland; its history, its present condition and its prospects in the future. (Doyle & Whittle, 1883), by Joseph Hatton and M. Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newfoundland (Clarendon Press, 1911), by John Davenport Rogers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Newfoundland and its missionaries. In two parts. To which is added a chronological table of all the important events that have occurred on the island. (Printed by Dakin & Metcalf; [etc., etc.], 1866), by William Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catechism of the history of Newfoundland : with an introductory chapter on the discovery of America by the ancient Scandinavians : intended chiefly for the use of schools (G.C. Rand, 1855), by William Charles St. John (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newfoundland and the jingoes an appeal to England's honour (G.H. Ellis;, 1895), by John Fretwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Newfoundland, from the English, colonial, and foreign records (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1896), by D. W. Prowse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Text-book of Newfoundland history for the use of schools and academies (W. Collins, 1890), by M. Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die entdeckung und erforschung der insel Neufundland ... (Druck von J.L. Stich, 1910), by Johannes Weinfurtner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The humble address of the Lords spiritual and temporal to His Majesty in relation to the petition of Charles Desborow, late captain of His Majesty's ship Mary Gally, employ'd in the expedition to Newfoundland in the year 1697 under the command of Captain John Norris : and His Majesty's most gracious answer thereto. ([London?] : Printed for Charles Desborow, 1699), by England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords and William 1650-1702 (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Reasons for colonizing the island of Newfoundland in a letter addressed to the inhabitants (Printed by William Scott and sold by Sir Richard Phillips, London; also by the booksellers of Greenock, Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1813), by William Carson (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Chapter in the history of Newfoundland for the year 1861 (s.n., 1861), by Henry Winton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newfoundland as it is in 1899 a handbook and tourists' guide (Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1899), by M. Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)

• A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial and foreign records (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1896), by D. W. Prowse (page images at HathiTrust)

• A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial and foreign records (MacMillan and Co., 1895), by D. W. Prowse and Edmund Gosse (page images at HathiTrust)

• The history of Newfoundland containing an account of its discovery, settlement, encrease, inhabitants, climate, soil, product, trade and present state. (s.n., 1741), by John Oldmixon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Considerations on the trade to Newfoundland (s.n., in the 18th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Report of certain proceedings of the inhabitants of the town of Saint John [sic] in the island of Newfoundland with the view to obtain a reform of the laws, more particularly in the mode of their administration and an independent Legislature. (Printed by Lewis K. Ryan ... , 1821) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Tableaux synoptiques de l'histoire de l'Acadie fascicule spécial 1500-1760 : avec suppléments concernant Terre-Neuve et la Nouvelle-Angleterre, faisant suite aux Tableaux de l'histoire du Canada (s.n.], 1918), by L. Le Jeune (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Capt. John Mason, the founder of New Hampshire including his tract on Newfoundland, 1620 : the American charters in which he was a grantee : with letters and other historical documents. Together with a memoir (Prince Society, 1887), by Charles Wesley Tuttle, John Mason, and John Ward Dean (page images at HathiTrust)
• Episodes in our early history a lecture delivered on behalf of the St. John's Athenaeum, 5th March, 1878 (s.n.], 1878), by D. W. Prowse (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first English conquest of Canada with some account of the earliest settlements in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland (Bemrose, 1871), by Henry Kirke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Case of John Collins, Esq., governour [sic] of Newfoundland Jan. 21, 1711 (s.n., 1711) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the island of Newfoundland containing a description of the island, the banks, the fisheries, and trade of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador : illustrated with two maps (Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1827), by Lewis Amadeus Anspach (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial and foreign records (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1896), by D. W. Prowse (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catechism of the history of Newfoundland with an introductory chapter on the discovery of America by the ancient Scandinavians : intended chiefly for the use of schools (G.C. Rand, 1855), by William Charles St. John (page images at HathiTrust)

• A history of Newfoundland from the English, colonial and foreign records (MacMillan and Co., 1895), by D. W. Prowse and Edmund Gosse (page images at HathiTrust)

• Who's who in Canada. (International Press Limited, in the 20th century) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Grenfell of Labrador (Musson, 1908), by James Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)

• Grenfell of Labrador (Musson, 1908), by James Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)

• A History of the churches in Newfoundland (Macmillan and Co., 1895), by D. W. Prowse (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Newfoundland, from the English, colonial, and foreign records (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1896), by D. W. Prowse (page images at HathiTrust)

• Remarks on the state of society, religion, morals, and education at Newfoundland : in reply to the statements made at the meetings, and in the reports, of the Newfoundland School Society, and also to a part of a speech delivered by the Bishop of Chester at the meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, held at the Freemansons' Hall, on the 25th of May last ; in a letter addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Bexley (A. Hancock, 1827), by Patrick Morris (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of the Methodist Church within the territories embraced in the late conference of eastern British America, including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Bermuda (Methodist Book Room, 1877), by T. Watson Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Methodist Church within the territories embraced in the late conference of eastern British America, including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Bermuda (S.F. Huestis;, 1890), by T. Watson Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chafe's sealing book : a history of the Newfoundland sealfishery from the earliest available records down to and including the voyage of 1923 (Trade Printers & Publishers, 1923), by Levi G. Chafe and H.M. Mosdell (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chafe's sealing book : a history of the Newfoundland sealfishery from the earliest available records down to and including the voyage of 1923 (Trade Printers & Publishers, 1923), by Levi G. Chafe and H.M. Mosdell (page images at HathiTrust)

• George, by the diuine prouidence, Bishop of London, to all and singuler archdeacons, deanes, and their officials, parsons, vicars, curates, churchwardens; and to all other ecclesiasticall officers and ministers, within my Diocesse of London, and the seuerall parishes thereof, greeting Whereas letters haue been lately addressed vnto me, from the most Reuerend Father in God, the Lord Archbishop of Canterburie his Grace, recommending ... the publication of a discourse written by Captaine Richard Whitbourne, concerning New-found-land ... ([London : Printed by Felix Kingston, not before 3 Dec. 1622]), by Church of England. Diocese of London. Bishop (1621-1628 : Montaigne) and George Montaigne (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• George, by the diuine prouidence, Bishop of London: to all and singuler archdeacons, deanes, and their officials, parsons, vicars, curates, churchwardens; and to all other ecclesiasticall officers and ministers, within my Diocesse of Winton, and the seuerall parishes thereof, greeting Whereas letters haue been lately addressed vnto vs from the most Reuerend Father in God, the Lord Archbishop of Canterburie his Grace, recommending ... the publication of a discourse written by Captaine Richard Whitbourne, concerning New-found-land ... ([London : Printed by Felix Kingston, 1622]), by Church of England. Diocese of London. Bishop (1621-1628 : Montaigne) and George Montaigne (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A history of the island of Newfoundland containing a description of the island, the banks, the fisheries, and trade of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador : illustrated with two maps (Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1827), by Lewis Amadeus Anspach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discourse containing a loving invitation for the advancement of his Majesties most hopefull plantation in the New-found-land (Imprinted at London : By Felix Kyngston, dwelling in Pater-noster-Row, 1622), by Richard Whitbourne (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A letetr [sic] vvritten by Captaine Edvvard Winne, to the right honourable, Sir George Caluert, Knight, his Maiesties principall secretary: from Feryland in Newfoundland, the 26. of August. 1621 ([London : s.n.], Imprinted MDCXXI [1621]), by Edward Winne (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Cambrensium Caroleia Quibus pr[a]ecepta necessaria ad rempublicam nostram fœliciter administrandum interxuntur [sic]: opera & studio Gulielmi Vaughanni militis. (Londini : [Printed by William Stansby and Nicholas Okes] impensis Francisci Constable, in Cæmiterio S. Pauli, 1630), by William Vaughan and John Mason (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Cambrensium Caroleia Quibus pr[a]ecepta necessaria ad rempublicam nostram fœliciter administrandum interxuntur [sic]: opera & studio Gulielmi Vaughanni militis. (Londini : [Printed by William Stansby and Nicholas Okes] impensis Francisci Constable, in Cæmiterio S. Pauli, 1630), by William Vaughan and John Mason (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A commission for the well gouerning of our people, inhabiting in New-found-land; or, traffiquing in bayes, creekes, or fresh riuers there (Imprinted at London : By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie: and by the assignes of Iohn Bill, M.DC.XXXIII. [1633, i.e. 1634]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) and King Charles I of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Scripture observations. (London : printed by M.S. for H. Crips, at his shop in Popes-head Alley next Lombard Street, 1662), by Caleb Trenchfield (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Recueil d'antiquités egyptiennes, etrusques, grecques, romaines et gauloises (Chez Duchesne ..., 1752), by Anne Claude Philippe Caylus, Nicolas-Martin Tilliard, Charles Saillant, Nicolas Desaint, and Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Antiquite s, mythologie, diplomatique des chartres et chronologie (Chez Panckoucke, libraire, ho tel de Thou, rue des Poitevins ;, 1786), by Henri Agasse, Cle ment Plomteux, Charles Joseph Panckoucke, Jacques Bouillard, Ange lique Mongez, and Mongez (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orbis antiqui monumentis suis illustrati primae lineae (Typis Lorenzii et Schuleri ..., 1790), by Jer. Jac. Oberlin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geöfnete Antiqvitäten-Zimmer (Bey Benjamin Schillern, Buchhändlern, 1702), by Friedrich Christian Feustking and Benjamin Schiller (page images at HathiTrust)

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