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Fearless Seafarers
The Basque coast offers little arable land between the Pyrenees and the sea, and our coastal communities have long looked to the Bay of Biscay for their livelihood through fishing, trade, and piloting. Sailors from Bilbao, Pasaia, and Bayonne crew the merchant fleets of half of Europe: Juan de la Cosa pilots Columbus's Santa María, Juan Sebastián Elcano completes the first global circumnavigation, and Andrés de Urdaneta charts the Pacific return route from Manila to Acapulco. This concentration of navigational talent makes the Basque-speaking ports the indispensable training grounds of Iberian seamanship.
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At least one of
- Culture: Basque
- CultureUnified Culture Group contains Basque
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Sailors+10%
Navy Morale+10%
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- BasquePotential
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