1576  (1889)  But no such conflicts of streames, or contrary courses are found about any part of Labrador, or Terra noua, as witnesse our yeerely fishers, and other saylers that way.
1902  St. John's, Newfoundland, is policed by the "Terra Nova Constabulary," a body controlled by the general government.
1933  . . . the hardy sons of Terra Nova . . . every Spring beseech the Jowlers of the Fleet for a berth to the Ice. . . .