Burgos Insurance for Basque Ships, 1542-1592: Maritime Policies from Spain

Authors

  • Selma Barkham

Author Biography

Selma Barkham

SELMA BARKHAM was awarded the Gold Medal of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 1980 in recognition of her detective work in Spanish archives which led to the discovery of the Basque presence in southern Labrador during the sixteenth century - most dramatically to the pinpointing of the whereabouts of the sunken SAN JUAN which went down in Red Bay, Labrador, in 1565.

Published

1980-01-01

How to Cite

Barkham, Selma. 1980. “Burgos Insurance for Basque Ships, 1542-1592: Maritime Policies from Spain”. Archivaria 11 (January):87-99. https://www.archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/10840.

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