Tag: basque whalers
Canada: A Mi’kmaq woman, whose last name was “Basque”, and who...
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In the Canadian daily The Globe and Mail, Allison Lawlor has written a beautiful obituary for Elsie Basque,...
The Basque Presence in Newfoundland and Labrador Goes Well Beyond Red...
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We've blogged before about the centuries-long presence of Basque whalers and fishermen on the Atlantic coast of what...
Basque whaling boats, from the depths of history to an homage...
Given its design and handling, they've been called the "race cars" of the 16th century, and have been such an essential part to the...
The official end to the “Basque-Icelandic conflict” reported by The Washington...
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A few days ago, the US newspaper The Washington Post published an article in its "world views" section written...
The Telegraph: Red Bay, in Canada, will always be Basque
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Nigel Richardson’s job as journalist for The Telegraph is the envy of many of his colleagues, including ourselves. You only...
400 years later: reconciliation between Basques and Icelanders
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Truth be told, the reconciliation between Basques and Icelanders took place many centuries ago, as evidenced by the existence...
The North Atlantic, the “Sea of the Basques”, and we didn’t...
They say that a people who forget their history are condemned to repeat it. We imagine that this sentence refers to negative aspects, because...
The plaques designating Red Bay as a World Heritage Site are...
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There are matters where we get the impression that either we're obsessed or we have a completely different...
A 16th century Basque ship, and UN symbol, will set sail...
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The Windsor Star is a Canadian daily published in the city located just across the strait/border from Detroit.
They've just...
An enthralling report on the Basques in Iceland and the “Basque-Icelandic...
Katharina Hauptmann has just published a thrilling article in the Iceland Review about the existence of a Basque-Icelandic pidgin while also discussing the history of...