Pescadores - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:28:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Pescadores - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Discovery of Terranova and cod fishing by the people of Guipuzcoa https://historylab.es/discovery-of-terranova-and-cod-fishing-by-the-people-of-guipuzcoa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discovery-of-terranova-and-cod-fishing-by-the-people-of-guipuzcoa Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/descubrimiento-de-terranova-y-de-la-pesca-del-bacalao-por-los-guipuzcoanos/ Document containing information about the discovery of Terranova by the Guipuzcoans as a result of whaling campaigns

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]]> The Treaty of Utrecht prohibited Spanish ships from accessing the Terranova fishing grounds. However, for centuries, this area was one of the most common fishing grounds for the Basques. Whaling had an extraordinary presence in the Basque economy. From the 12th to the 15th century, between the months of October and March, Basque whalers hunted whales in the Cantabrian Sea; however, from the 15th century onwards, the cetaceans began to disappear from the Cantabrian coast, so Basque fishermen had to move to Terranova. These expeditions, which lasted up to eight months and in which cod were also fished, were carried out with boats of fifty or so people.

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