Details

Subject(s)

• Basque Americans—Biography [Browse]
• País Vasco (Spain)—Biography [Browse]

Series

• Basque series. [More in this series]
• The Basque series

Summary note

"This book, "Basque Firsts: People who Changed the World," recognizes extraordinary Basques, all of them ignored or overlooked in history, who have made extraordinary contributions in navigation, education, science, fashion, politics, and other fields that changed our world."--Provided by publisher.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Juan Sebastian Elcano Primus Circumdedisti Me-- St. Ignatius of Loyola the first Jesuit
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal the father of neurology
• Cristóbal Balenciaga the king of haute couture
• Jose María Arizmendiarrieta the first social entrepreneur
• Paul Dominique Laxalt the first friend
• Edurne Pasaban the first woman to summit 14 x 8,000m
• Afterword.

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ISBN

0-87417-000-1

LCCN

2016006713

OCLC

938708703

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