Tag: whalers
Selma Huxley, Basque Whaling Historian and Friend to the Basques, has...
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...
Shipbuilders, sailors, whalers: a “story of Basques” from the Royal Geographical...
Geographical, the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society, has been published in the United Kingdom since 1935, and is, as we can imagine,...
Selma Huxley, the woman who showed epic journey of Basque whalers...
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...
Cider has been “protecting” Basque sailors for centuries
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
BlitzLift is a website that collects "info pills" about history, science, and curiosities. We could spend hours discovering...
Two young Basque women are sharing our traditions at the Fortress...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Canadian public broadcaster CBC has brought us a fabulous report about two young Basque students working there...
A medieval Basque ship is a treasure in Newport: another hidden...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
We've spoken before about this ship found at the bottom of Newport harbor. This Welsh port city is...
Discovered in the British Admiralty: 50 letters in Basque dated 1757
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
In this case, we’re going to make an exception to our general rule of not making reference to...
The Basque Presence in Newfoundland and Labrador Goes Well Beyond Red...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
We've blogged before about the centuries-long presence of Basque whalers and fishermen on the Atlantic coast of what...
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...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
There are matters where we get the impression that either we're obsessed or we have a completely different...