Basque toponymy on the Atlantic coast of Canada – 17th-18th c.

• Main Author: Egaña Goya, Miren
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Programa de Pós Graduação em Letrasss -Linguagem e Sociedade 2023
• Subjects: Canadá; vascos; pesquerías; balleneros; derroteros; mapas; Basques; Literary toponymy; Canada; whalers; routers; maps; Ballenas; Balleneros; De la Costa; Lobos; Referencia; Terranova
• Online Access: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/onomastica/article/view/31270

It is our intention to make a brief classification of the various place names of Basque origin, or referring to the Basques, found on the east coast of Canada, in what is considered to be the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Basque sailors, who were whale and seal hunters and cod fishermen in the 16th to 18th...