Not too long after the spectacularly successful raid on the Canary Islands, Mustaffa Reis replaced de Veenboer as head of[…]
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Month: March 2019
PRIVATEERING — THE BUSINESS OF PIRACY: PART 1
The early seventeenth century was a wild, violent time. The discovery of the New World a century before—and the riches[…]
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PRIVATEERING — THE BUSINESS OF PIRACY: PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Privateering — The Business of Piracy: Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
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RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS: THE TALE OF SIMON DANCER – PART 1
Barbary corsairs were Muslims operating out of North African ports, but they were not all North Africans. Quite a number[…]
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RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS: THE TALE OF SIMON DANCER – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Renegade Corsair Captains: the Tale of Simon Dancer – Part 1. If you haven’t[…]
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