The Story of Newfoundland by Earl of Frederick Edwin Smith Birkenhead
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NEWFOUNDLAND IN RELATION TO WESTERN EUROPE 33 INDEX 188 [Illustration: NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR] THE STORY OF NEWFOUNDLAND CHAPTER I THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE The island of Newfoundland, which is the tenth largest in the world, is about 1640 miles distant from Ireland, and of all the American coast is the nearest point to the Old World. Its relative position in the northern hemisphere may well be indicated by saying that the most northern point at Belle Isle Strait is in the same latitude as that of Edinburgh, whilst St. John's, near the southern extremity, lies in the same latitude as that of Paris. Strategically it forms the key to British North America. St. John's lies about half-way between Liverpool and New York, so that it offers a haven of refuge for needy craft plying between England and the American metropolis. The adjacent part of the coast is also the landing-place for most of the |
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