Antes de la ikurriña: la primera bandera vasca en América (1880-1900)

Álvarez Gila, Óscar

Publication year:

2012

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1136-6834

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Summary

This work aims to present the symbology used by the Basque-American communities of Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Havana to identify visually the Basque identity, by the means of a coat of arms and a national flag. In order to achieve this purpose, Basque-Americans used the so-called "flag of Euskal Erria" released on 1881, that remained almost unknown in the Basque Country, but was widely used among Basque emigrants in the Americas.