Main entry:

Guillet, Edwin C. (Edwin Clarence), 1898-1975.

Title & Author:

The great migration; the Atlantic crossing by sailing-ship since 1770, by Edwin C. Guillet.

Publication:

Toronto, New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1937.

Description:

xii, 284 pages frontispiece, plates 21 cm

Notes:
"Printed in the United States."
Includes index.
"Source references": pages 249-256; Bibliography: p. 257-274
The British background -- State regulation of passenger vessels -- Assisted emigration -- Unassisted emigration: preparing for a new land -- Proceeding to the seaport -- Arranging for the voyage -- Farewell to the old land -- Daily life in the steerage -- Storm and misery -- Cholera and ship fever -- The tang of the sea -- The cabin passage -- Shipwreck and disaster -- Newfoundland and the gulf -- "Purification" at Grosse Isle -- Quebec and Montreal -- Ascending the St. Lawrence -- Entering New York -- The Hudson route -- Proceeding to the settlement -- The promised land -- Appendix: the passing of the sailing-ship

Subject:

Ocean travel.
Voyages en mer.
Emigration and immigration.
Great Britain Emigration and immigration History.
United States Emigration and immigration History.
Canada Emigration and immigration History.
Grande-Bretagne Emigration et immigration Histoire.
Etats-Unis Emigration et immigration Histoire.
Canada Émigration et immigration Histoire.
Canada.
Great Britain.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 97017
Call No.: 9133 A848; ID:86-B19211
Status: Available