THE STORY OF THE HORNACHEROS AND THE FOUNDING OF THE CORSAIR REPUBLIC OF SALÉ – PART 1
This series of posts recounts the story of a group of Spanish Muslims—the Hornacheros—and the role they played in the[…]
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THE STORY OF THE HORNACHEROS AND THE FOUNDING OF THE CORSAIR REPUBLIC OF SALÉ – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Story of the Hornacheros and the Founding of the Corsair Republic of Salé[…]
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THE STORY OF THE HORNACHEROS AND THE FOUNDING OF THE CORSAIR REPUBLIC OF SALÉ – PART 3
(This post is a continuation of The Story of the Hornacheros and the Founding of the Corsair Republic of Salé[…]
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THE STORY OF THE HORNACHEROS AND THE FOUNDING OF THE CORSAIR REPUBLIC OF SALÉ – PART 4
(This post is a continuation of The Story of the Hornacheros and the Founding of the Corsair Republic of Salé[…]
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THE STORY OF THE HORNACHEROS AND THE FOUNDING OF THE CORSAIR REPUBLIC OF SALÉ – PART 5
(This post is a continuation of The Story of the Hornacheros and the Founding of the Corsair Republic of Salé[…]
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THE ECONOMICS OF THE BARBARY CORSAIR ENTERPRISE
In Algiers in the seventeenth century, piracy was big business. Algerian corsairs brought back enormous amounts of booty and hundreds[…]
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THE COSTS OF OUTFITTING A SHIP FOR A PIRATE CRUISE
Have you ever wondered how much it cost to outfit a ship for a pirate cruise in the seventeenth century?[…]
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THE GAME OF RISK AND REWARD – PART 1
In the Corsair Methods of Attack posts in this blog (posted February, 2018), we looked at how Barbary corsairs conducted[…]
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THE GAME OF RISK AND REWARD – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Game of Risk and Reward – Part 1. If you haven’t done so[…]
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THE OTHER ARMADA – PART 1
When people hear the phrase “the Spanish Armada,” they invariably think of the great fleet of ships sent by the[…]
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