Fishing at the Edge of Existence: Shetland, Faroes, Iceland, c. 1540-1790

Poul Holm & John Nicholls

For the North Atlantic islanders, fishing was an existential reality:

Pandemics, famine, warfare, environmental disasters, political conflicts, and the implicit dangers of catching fish in all weathers threatened their very lives while they sought to feed their families and their domestic populations – and to possibly profit from trade.

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