By the 1540s, when the Spanish Basques began sending whaling expeditions to Terranova, the ventures were no longer experimental, but a "resounding financial success from their inception."
Oko 1540-tih, kada su španjolski Baski počeo slati kitolovne ekspedicije u Terranovu, pothvati više nisu bili eksperimentalni, nego su imali "veliki financijski uspjeh od početaka."