An edition of Strangers from a secret land (1986)
Strangers from a secret land
the voyages of the brig Albion and the founding of the first Welsh settlements in Canada
By Thomas, Peter,Peter Thomas
Publish Date
1986
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Language
eng
Pages
319
Description:
This book examines the conditions influencing the departure of the settlers from West Wales in 1819 and their subsequent struggle with the new land during the first generation. Though the central concern of Strangers from a Secret Land is with a single wave of Welsh emigration to Canada, the subject is also war and its aftermath, the life of merchant mariners and the seafaring tradition they shared, and the chance meeting of memorable individuals who came together during a brief but dramatic phase of our double history. - Preface.
subjects: Albion (Brig), History, Welsh, Albion (Ship), Albion, Histoire, Minorities, Einwanderung, Albion (Navire), Auswanderung, Emigration and immigration, Gallois, Wales, history, Welsh, canada
Places: Maritime Provinces
Times: 19th century