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Would never have thought it a thing; thanks for piquing my curiosity. It was rewarded in this article [0].

[0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Basque_whaling

It’s not nearly as surprising as the Algonquian-Basque pidgin:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquian–Basque_pidgin

ok, so TIL the Basque were a widespread seafaring nation waaay ahead of the Portuguese, with whom my education seems to have started. Terrific!

This is an interesting article about the Basques in Canada. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-basques-were...

Juan Sebastián Elcano, Magellan's navigator on the trip around the world was Basque.

On this note, it's fascinating to see how the influence reaches the coat of arms and the flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which includes the Basque flag or Ikurriña.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikurri%C3%B1a

> The only time the guillotine was used in North America was on Saint-Pierre in the late 19th century. […] The device had to be shipped from Martinique and it did not arrive in working order. It was very difficult to get anyone to perform the execution; finally a recent immigrant was coaxed into doing the job.

Amazing

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