corners of the North Atlantic and even reaching the South Atlantic. The French explorer Samuel de Champlain, when writing about Basque whaling in Terranova...

the history of whaling from prehistoric times up to the commencement of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling in...

Spanish, though it can be searched in English, Basque and French) Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno Brief history of Basque whaling...

famous of which being Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Central America, Guatemala and Antioquia, Colombia. Basques and whaling have an intimate history; the first...

Icelandic history. Some Basque whalers went on a whaling expedition to Iceland and were killed after a conflict in 1615 with local people in the region of the...

one of the most precious underwater archaeological sites in the Americas. Between 1530 and the early 17th century, it was a major Basque whaling area...

Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16th century, it had become the principal industry in the Basque coastal...

Country: the Basque cod and whale fisheries in Terra Nova especially in the 16th century. She discovered the existence of a 16th-century Basque whaling industry...

a royal undertaking. In 1623 two Basque ships employed by the Danes arrived at Smeerenburg and began taking whaling gear from the Danish huts before they...

Basque nationalism (Basque: eusko abertzaletasuna [eus̺ko abeɾts̻aletas̺una]; Spanish: nacionalismo vasco; French: nationalisme basque) is a form of nationalism...

intent of later locating the beached carcass and claiming a rightful share. Research shows that Basque whalers appeared in Iceland and set up whaling stations...

Whaling in Norway involves hunting of minke whales for use as animal and human food in Norway and for export to Japan. Whale hunting has been a part of...

calving as well, but whaling activities by Basque people almost wiped them out sometime prior to the 1850s. The eastern population of this species are considered...

Fritham. History of Basque whaling Conway, W. M. 1906. No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific...

temporary whaling station here in 1612. In 1613 French, Basque, and Dutch whaling ships resorted to Safehaven (Trygghamna) on the north side of Isford or...

little demand for whale meat, compared to farmed livestock. Commercial whaling, which has faced opposition for decades, continues today in very few countries...

The Basque–Icelandic pidgin (Basque: Euskoislandiera, Islandiera-euskara pidgina; Icelandic: Basknesk-íslenskt blendingsmál) was a Basque-based pidgin...

observed, "It [the island] goes by the name of the Isle aux Basques, on account of the whaling which the Basques did there in bygone days. I took pleasure...

its last whaler, the John R. Mantra, in 1927. The Whaling industry was engaged with the production of three different raw materials: whale oil, spermaceti...

Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador History of Basque whaling History of Newfoundland and Labrador History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier...

himself as a "Biscayne" — or vizcaino, as he wrote it – meaning a Basque from Vizcaya. Whaling crews from Labourd in the North Atlantic are also referred to...

fishery Turbot War Migratory Fishery of Labrador History of Basque whaling § Newfoundland and Labrador History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier...

of the traditional Basque provinces, and identified as one of the territorial component parts of the Basque Country by many, especially by the Basque...

French: [bjaʁits] , Basque: [bi.arits̻]; Basque also Miarritze [mi.arits̻e]; Occitan: Biàrritz [ˈbjarits]) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic...

roofing, and made tools and masks out of bones. The Inuit hunted whales in the Arctic Ocean. The Basques started whaling as early as the 11th century, sailing...

important part of the history of whaling. The whaling that still continues in the 21st century is both industrial and aboriginal. In aboriginal whaling the blubber...

failed. Basque shore whaling continued sporadically into the 19th century. "Yankee whalers" from the new American colonies replaced the Basques. Setting...

whaling in Britain began late in the 16th century and continued after the 1801 formation of the United Kingdom and intermittently until the middle of...

very successful as he didn't have any Basque whalemen among his crew. In 1613, Basque, Dutch, and French whaling vessels resorted to Bellsund, but were...

(2007). Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America. W. W. Norton. pp. 98–100. ISBN 978-0-393-06057-7. Starbuck, A. (1878). History of the American Whale...