Europeans captives enslaved in Algiers dreamed of one thing above all others: being ransomed. If you were a citizen of[…]
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Month: March 2018
FATHER PIERRE DAN AND THE 1634 RANSOMING EXPEDITION TO ALGIERS – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Father Pierre Dan and the 1634 Ransoming Expedition to Algiers – Part 1. If[…]
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CAPTIVE ICELANDERS IN ALGIERS
In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland and captured close to 500 people whom they carted off to[…]
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THE TRUE AND INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF THE SPICE TRADER WHO CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were the period when the Barbary corsairs were at their height, pillaging mercilessly throughout the[…]
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BARBARY CORSAIR SHIPS: SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS – PART 1
By the early decades of the seventeenth century, Barbary corsairs were employing two very different types of ships: oared galleys[…]
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BARBARY CORSAIR SHIPS: SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Corsair Ships: Square-Rigged Vessels – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s[…]
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