Lil Hawkins of the Colony of Avalon Foundation for her assistance and access to the Foundation s collections, laboratory and other facilities and to the personnel of the Ferryland Museum and all others from the Capital of the Shore who have over the years reminded me of my own Irish roots with their lively and hospitable fashions. [...] The Portuguese also laid claim to the island by virtue of the voyages of the Corte Reals, and the French after the voyages of Cartier in the 1530s. [...] By the turn of the 17th century the French had established them- 4 The Machinations of Colonization selves on the North American continent in a “New France” and considered the south, west, and northeast coasts of the island of Newfoundland to be their territory. [...] By the end of the first millennium, the death of King Arthur, the disappearance of Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table had interwoven pagan Celtic myth with Christian Celtic legend. [...] In applying to the king for his grant, Falkland listed his reasons for wanting to establish a plantation as “. For the Honour of God and the king; that part of the Country is not inhabited; His Majesty’s undoubted right to the Country; that the London [and Bristol Company] Plantation has been settled for 13 years (Guy’s Colony); the Bristol Plantation 5 years; and Lord Baltimore’s the two years la
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Table of Contents
- NTRODUCTION 17
- The Machinations of The Machinations of 19
- Colonization Colonization 19
- PROFILE The British Colonies 33
- Baltimores Folly Baltimores Folly 42
- PROFILE Mansion Manor 56
- Baltimores House 56
- Baltimores Baltimores Avalonia Avalonia 62
- PROFILE Planters and Pirates 74
- The Kingdom of Kirke The Kingdom of Kirke 82
- PROFILE Avalonia and Maryland 104
- The Baltimore Connection 104
- The French Invade... The French Invade... And The Dutch Raid And The Dutch Raid 114
- PROFILE Placentia The French 132
- In Newfoundland 132
- Winter of the Tomahawk Winter of the Tomahawk 139
- PROFILE DIberville Soldier Son 156
- The Masterless Men The Masterless Men 161
- PROFILE Bouys Island 181
- Ferryland Fortress 181
- The Changing Times The Changing Times 188
- The Good The Bad... The Good The Bad... 188
- PROFILE Bishop James ODonel 200
- Political Prelate 200
- Avalonia Avalonia Today Today Fact and Fact and 206
- Fiction Legends and Lies Fiction Legends and Lies 206
- PROFILE Sea Stories Rescues 223
- Wrecks and Wrackers 223
- OME AGE AYINGS ROM THE HORE 229
- IBLIOGRAPHY 232
