Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador, Vol. 4

Description

180 pages
Contains Photos, Maps, Bibliography, Index
$14.95
ISBN 1-895387-85-X
DDC 363.12'3'09718

Year

1997

Contributor

Reviewed by Melvin Baker

Melvin Baker is an archivist and historian at Memorial University of
Newfoundland, and the co-editor of Dictionary of Newfoundland and
Labrador Biography.

Review

This fourth volume in a series about Newfoundland’s maritime history
focuses on shipwrecks off the province’s coastline. Like its
predecessors, the book contains highly readable accounts of sea-going
disasters, from John Cabot’s shipwreck in 1498 to that of a fishing
trawler in 1966. Information about the shipwrecks, though sparse in the
early years, is drawn mainly from newspaper descriptions of each marine
disaster.

Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador, which includes a substantial
index, is popular history that will be appreciated by maritime history
scholars and general readers alike.

Citation

Galgay, Frank, and Michael McCarthy., “Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador, Vol. 4,” Canadian Book Review Annual Online, accessed October 15, 2024, https://cbra.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/3538.