The idea that Dutch privateers should have ended up among the Barbary corsairs of North Africa may at first seem[…]
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Month: January 2019
THE DUTCH CONNECTION: HOW SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DUTCH PRIVATEERS BECAME BARBARY CORSAIRS IN NORTH AFRICA – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Dutch Connection: How Seventeenth Century Dutch Privateers Became Barbary Corsairs in North Africa[…]
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PEPYS’S NAVY: SHIPS, MEN & WARFARE 1649-1689
Every once in a while I come across a book that I genuinely can’t put down. Pepys’s Navy: Ships, Men[…]
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THE CAPTIVES’ EXPERIENCE: ENTERING ALGIERS
Seen from the sea, seventeenth century Algiers presented a quite spectacular sight. The city was located on the northwestern horn[…]
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