National and University Library of Iceland
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Conference on the Slaying of the Basque Whalers in Iceland (1615)

Legal Organization, Cultural Exchange and Conflicts of the Basque Fisheries in the North Atlantic

There is a conference on the Slaying of the Basque Whalers in Iceland in 1615 at the National and University Library of Iceland Monday 20 April and Tuesday 21 April 2015. On Tuesday at 14:40 there will be a presentation of the book quadrilingual book Spánverjavígin / Euskal Baleazaleen Hilketa / La matanza de los Vascos / Slaying of the Basques and the book Basque Explorers in the South Pacific by William A. / Bill Douglass (Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno). The Ubiquitous Basque Mariners.

Further information and program can be reached here: http://baskavinir.is/english/