BIBLIOGRAPHY 



MOST of the important works published dealing with 

 the whale fisheries are included in the following list, 

 which is, however, by no means complete, since 

 references to periodical literature are for the most 

 part omitted. For the benefit of serious students 

 of the subject the following notes are given. 



In the first place, the earliest organised whale 

 fishery that of the Basques has not yet been 

 properly investigated. Research at the Bibliotheque 

 Nationale at Paris or in the Archives of the Ministry 

 of Marine at Madrid would probably yield further 

 material for a proper appreciation of this trade in 

 relation to the maritime affairs of Northern Spain and 

 the Biscayan provinces of France during the time 

 when the Basque whale fishery flourished. 



The connection of the oil trade of French towns 

 such as Bayonne with such English ports as Bristol, 

 which were early engaged in the soap trade and for 

 which whale oil was almost certainly used, has also 

 not yet been suitably investigated. Possibly some 

 of the older Bristol Archives or the books of the 

 older trading companies such as the Society of 

 Merchant Adventurers of Bristol would repay 

 perusal. So far as is known at present there is one 



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