Tag: whales
Basque whalers in Iceland on the website of the US Library...
The blog of the Library of Congress has dedicated an entry to the 32 Basque whalers who were killed in Iceland in 1615
National Geographic takes us whaling with the 16th-century Basque whalers
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
“La ruta del Sain”: a historical novel about the journey of...
When we found out Vitoria-born Alvaro Amieiro Fonseca had written «La ruta del Sain», a historical novel recreating the epic journal of the Basque...
Guillermo Zubiaga: The Connection between ‘Joanes or the Basque Whaler’ and...
A few days ago, we were saddened to report on the passing of Selma Huxley, the researcher who made the world aware of the...
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...
The Basque footprint on the Canadian coast is threatened by climate...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
The Canadian daily The Star (The Toronto Star) has the largest readership in that country, with a readership...
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...
A ‘trainera’ has been chosen to set a new Loch Ness...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
The Scottish daily Inverness Courier has just published an article about the upcoming attempt to break the record...