ENGLISH PRIVATEERS – cont’d
As we saw in a post in this blog back in December 2024 (the one on Captain John Smith, excerpted[…]
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Author: Adam Nichols
I'm an associate professor with the University of Maryland, in the U.S. I spent twenty years teaching for the University of Maryland’s European division, in England, Scotland, Norway, Iceland, and Germany, and downrange on military installations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. I've also lived and worked in Australia, China, and Canada. I presently live in the U.S.
ENGLISH PRIVATEERS
When most people think of Barbary corsairs, they think of them as being Muslims from North Africa. They were. And[…]
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CANNONS – PART 3
(This post is a continuation of Cannons – Parts 1 and 2. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best[…]
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CANNONS – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Cannons – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best to[…]
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CANNONS – PART 1
This week, we’re going to do something a little different. Instead of presenting excerpts from old texts, we’re going to[…]
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THE VIEW FROM THE OTHER SHORE
This week—the first of 2025—we continue the series of posts drawn from Corsairs & Captives, my new book. This week’s[…]
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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH ON PIRATES AND RENEGADES
This week—the last of 2024—we continue the series of posts drawn from Corsairs & Captives, my new book. This week’s[…]
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CALAFAT HASSAN REIS: THE SORCERER
This week, we continue the series of posts drawn from Corsairs & Captives, my new book. This week’s excerpt is[…]
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THE TRAVAILS OF FRIAR ANTONIO
This week, we continue the series of posts drawn from Corsairs & Captives, my new book. As promised last week,[…]
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