 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - VaBasque vokuFrance, vaiva noruzivo rwakafanana nerwevaBasque vokuSpain, sezvingabvira vakatumirawo ngarava kunharaunda yacho muma1540. Kurwisana kweFrance neSpain muItalyakauyawo kuNewfoundland. Muna 1554, ngarava dzeBasque dzakabva kuLabourd neBordeaux dzakanga dziri muBuitres dzakarwisa maBasque aibva kuGipuzkoa neBiscay muSaint-Modeste-Ouest. Pashure pokusainwa kwezvibvumirano zveCateau-Cambrésis muna 1559, ngarava dzeGuipuskoa neBiscay dzakawedzera nhamba apo idzo dzaibva kuLabourd dzakaderera. Zvisinei, Johannes de Gaberie, muBasque wokuSaint-Jean-de-Luz, akaramba uye akapedza nguva yechando ya1562 kusvika ku1563 ari pachiteshi chisingazivikanwi. Ngarava yake yakarwiswa neimwe yaibva kuBiscay, zvichiguma nokuurawa kwenhengo dzakawanda dzevashandi uye kuba mutoro wemafuta. Hazvina kujeka kana akadzokera kuNewfoundland. Nokudaro kurwisana kwokupedzisira uku kunoratidzira mavambo okudzora kwevaBasque vokuSpain muStrait of Belle Isle. 