The Matthew, built in Bristol, England and sailed across the Atlantic in 1997 to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of John Cabot's crossing. The crew are being welcomed on land in Newfoundland.
Port Hope Simpson history of development with photographs
A hoary tale of greed, money, cruelty, deception, boom and bust, get-rich-quick, 1930s unsustainable industrialisation of the Labrador forests.Terrible economic hardship and poverty, political corruption,intrigue,horror and mystery. http://porthopesimpson.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 28, 2004
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