The French explorer Samuel de Champlain, when writing about Basque whaling in Terranova (i.e. Newfoundland), described them as "the cleverest men at this fishing".
Francuski istraživač Samuel de Champlain, pišući o baskijskom kitolovu u Terranova (Newfoundland i Labrador na području Kanade), opisao ih je "kao najpametnije ljude u ovakvom ribolovu".