Category: Corsairs

The idea that Dutch privateers should have ended up among the Barbary corsairs of North Africa may at first seem[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Dutch Connection: How Seventeenth Century Dutch Privateers Became Barbary Corsairs in North Africa[…]

During the age of the Barbary corsairs, successful corsair captains were not only wealthy and important men; they were folk[…]

(This post is a continuation of Calafat Hassan – the Tale of a Corsair Reis: Part 1. If you haven’t[…]

(This post is a continuation of Calafat Hassan – the Tale of a Corsair Reis: Part 2. If you haven’t[…]

This series of posts recounts the story of a group of Spanish Muslims—the Hornacheros—and the role they played in the[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Story of the Hornacheros and the Founding of the Corsair Republic of Salé[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Story of the Hornacheros and the Founding of the Corsair Republic of Salé[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Story of the Hornacheros and the Founding of the Corsair Republic of Salé[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Story of the Hornacheros and the Founding of the Corsair Republic of Salé[…]