We’ve written a lot about how Basque whalers “lighted” Europe with the oil from the whales they captured off of modern-day Canada.  They were the sailors of one of the “golden ages” (though not the only one) of Basque sailing, and they were able to turn the North Atlantic into the “Sea of the Basques“. … Continue reading Selma Huxley, the woman who showed epic journey of Basque whalers to the world