The Shipping Industry of Nineteenth Century Prince Edward Island: A Brief History

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Description

The Maritime History Group at
Memorial University of Newfoundland
is currently in the
midst of a five year project to
study the nineteenth century
shipping fleets in a number of
eastern Canadian ports. Utilizing
computers, the researchers are
sifting through large masses of
data to analyze more fully the
rise and fall of the shipping
industry. The analysis is based
largely upon a study of all shipping
registers of Prince Edward
Island between 1840 and 1889,
the "golden years" of the Island
fleet.

Title
The Shipping Industry of Nineteenth Century Prince Edward Island: A Brief History
Creator
Lewis R. Fischer
Subject
Island Magazine, Prince Edward Island Museum
Description
The Maritime History Group at Memorial University of Newfoundland is currently in the midst of a five year project to study the nineteenth century shipping fleets in a number of eastern Canadian ports. Utilizing computers, the researchers are sifting through large masses of data to analyze more fully the rise and fall of the shipping industry. The analysis is based largely upon a study of all shipping registers of Prince Edward Island between 1840 and 1889, the "golden years" of the Island fleet.
Publisher
Prince Edward Island Museum
Contributor
Date
1978
Type
Document
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
vre:islemag-batch2-55
Source
04
Language
en_US
Relation
Coverage
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