2 edition of Historical sketch of the tin trade in Cornwall, from the earliest period to the present day. found in the catalog.
Historical sketch of the tin trade in Cornwall, from the earliest period to the present day.
William Copeland Borlase
Published
1874
by W. Brendon in Plymouth [Eng.]
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | By William Copeland Borlase. Illustrated with several wood engravings. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | HD9539.T6 G83 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | vi, 71 p. |
| Number of Pages | 71 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6996655M |
| LC Control Number | 08014220 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 9908725 |
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Just-in-Penwith, March 9th, with additional matter and notes. [William Copeland Borlase]. The history of Cornwall goes back to the Paleolithic, but in this period Cornwall only had sporadic visits by groups of uous occupation started aro years ago after the end of the last ice recorded history started in the first century BCE, the spoken language was Common Brittonic, and that would develop into Southwestern Brittonic and then the Cornish language.
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Brendon: Plymouth, Nationality: British. Cornwall's native name (Kernow) appeared on record as early as The Ravenna Cosmography, compiled c. from Roman material years older, lists a route running westward into Cornwall and on this route is a place then called Durocornovio (Latinised from British Celtic duno-Cornouio-n – "fortress of the Cornish people").In Latin, 'V' represented and was pronounced as a 'W' and the.
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The first and most extensive trade networks were actually waterways like the Nile, the Tigris and the Euphrates in present-day Iraq and the Yellow River in China.
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Marazion and Mousehole had each been more important than Penzance as ports, but in the eighteenth century Penzance harbour became busy with the tin trade. In the quay at Penzance was rebuilt and was lengthened again in Valuable tin bars called ingots were some of the most important cargoes leaving the harbour and these came from the smelting works built at Chyandour.
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Cornwall’s tin travels far. The Bronze Age (in Europe BC to BC) saw extensive trade networks develop across Europe. The technology of smelting copper and tin to form a durable alloy is first seen around the copper deposits of Cyprus.
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