Biscayne (ethnonym)
Until the early 19th century the word Biscayne (= Biscayan) was a
Atlantic
are also referred to as Biscaynes in the 16–18th century.
The word Biscayne left an imprint in different
place names and surnames (last names) of the Americas and the Philippines, related to the Basque whale hunting and colonisation of the "New World".[2] By the time of the 1833 territorial division of Spain, the concept had shifted gradually to mean anything related to the Basque province of Biscay in Spain
.
References
- ISBN 0-415-13116-2.
- ^ Bakker, Peter (1987). "A Basque Nautical Pidgin: A Missing Link in the History of Fu". Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 2 (1): 1–30