Perhaps the most striking aspect of Charles V’s ill-fated expedition against Algiers was the storm that put an end to[…]
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Month: December 2022
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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ALGIERS – AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1627 – PART 2
Last week, we looked at Reverend Ólafur Egilsson’s description of Algiers as it was in August-September, 1627. This week, we[…]
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ALGIERS – AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1627
Quite a few descriptions of Algiers penned by European observers have come down to us from the seventeenth century. One[…]
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