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SUMMARY
The history of Basque fishing in the North Atlantic, which extends to the present
day, can be traced from the 9th century, judging from influences in shipbuilding,
marine terms and navigational techniques.
Renowned since ancient times for their seamanship, the Basques were the pro-
ducts of their peculiar environment.
The ,,marinelak“ voyages in search of whale and cod extended along most of
the Atlantic coasts, and were at their height from the late 15th to the early 16th
centuries. At this time Basques visited Icelandic shores and ports, trading, bringing
lawsuits and speaking in a curious lingua franca. Basque activity in lceland must,
howewer, be seen as only a part of the much more extensive navigational history of
the Basque people.
The Basques built permanent whaling stations in Newfoundland, named a
number of coastal sites there and developed a commercial language with the
natives, which the latter used in their dealings with other European colonists.