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RacionesEasy
By Frank Camorra and Richard Cornish
Published 2009
FERDINAND MAGELLAN’S NAVIGATOR WAS A BASQUE CALLED JUAN SEBASTIÁN ELKANO, WHO FINISHED MAGELLAN’S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD AFTER MAGELLAN WAS KILLED IN THE PHILIPPINES. THERE’S A STATUE OF ELKANO IN GETARIA, OVERLOOKING BOTH THE PELOTA (BASQUE HANDBALL) COURT AND THE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT NAMED AFTER HIM. IT’S NOT SURPRISING THAT THE BASQUES COULD SAIL AROUND THE WORLD: THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN FISHING FOR COD IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SINCE BEFORE THE NORMAN INVASION OF ENGLAND AND HAD DEVELOP
