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Jersey – Shaping ‘The New World Americas’
Join us and discover the history behind Jersey's pioneering ancestral fathers influenced what today has become the basis of the USA, through our trading of what is known as the 'Cod Trade'. Discover the island's unique parishes, displaying an understanding of how through those early days of 1800s, we were shaping the frontiers of the United States of North America.
- Booking needed
Duration: over 5 hrs
Price: starting at £140
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With the advent of British Colonial exploitation to the colonies of the ‘New World of the Americas’, Britain took advantage along with the fishing grounds of Eastern Provinces of Canada, (Newfoundland). With adventurous crossings of Atlantic trade, establishing our Island, situated in the Bay of Mt. Michel, South of the English Channel, became the entry port of free tax merchandise to Great Britain during the18th Century. Jersey unfolds its heritage to explore how through those early days, we influence the Commerce of North America. With those pioneering founding Fathers, Jersey has become the basis of the USA, as we know it today. Jersey an Island of influential families, ancestry heritage, that shaped the 'New World of America'. Prices from £140-240. Contact us for more details.
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- Family friendly
- Couples
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