Tag: Basque whalers

Magan Basque, a member of the Mi'kmaq nation, which Basque sailors had an intense relationship with for centuries, has been crowned Miss Canada United World

The blog of the Library of Congress has dedicated an entry to the 32 Basque whalers who were killed in Iceland in 1615

An interactive article about Basque whalers and the ship 'San Juan' brings us closer to the epic journeys taken by Basque whalers in the 16th century

National Geographic has published an article on their website about the key role cider has played in Basque culture, society, and economy over the centuries

Albaola, la Factoría Marítima Vasca, nos ofrece una inmersión en la historia de una de los sectores en los que los vascos han sido referente durante siglos

  A few days ago, we were saddened to report on the passing of Selma Huxley, the researcher who made the world aware of the...

Today, Selma Huxley, the historian, researcher, and friend of the Basques our nation owes so much to, has passed away.  With her passing, we will...

This isn't the first time we've commented on how often we get the impression that the news we find tends to somehow end up...

Geographical, the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society, has been published in the United Kingdom since 1935, and is, as we can imagine,...

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...