Preface -- Author's note -- Recipes -- Timeline of major events -- pt. 1. The great atonement -- 1. The big fish -- 2. Mortification of the flesh -- pt. 2. The fish industry is born -- 3. "By the aid of God's grace" -- 4. Salt upon salt : preserving the catch -- 5. Gadus Morhua -- 6. The Northmen -- 7. The ant of the sea -- 8. The power of invention -- 9. The carp bubble -- 10. The sin of gluttony -- 11. The boat lost to history -- 12. The rise and fall of the Icelandic fishery -- pt. 3. Discovery -- 13. "Serche & fynde a certain isle" -- 14. A new found lande -- pt. 4. Harvest and settlement -- 15. The migrant fishery -- 16. "Great store of cod-fish" -- 17. Puritans and Cains -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Recipe references -- Index
