The term “great ordinance” was used throughout the seventeenth (and the late sixteenth and early eighteenth) centuries to mean “cannon”[…]
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Month: May 2023
THE BARBARY CORSAIR RAID ON THE FAROE ISLANDS
In the early 1600s, Barbary corsairs were on a role—as the saying goes. From Europeans, they had learned how to[…]
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CORSAIR CAPTAINS OPERATING OUT OF ALGIERS IN 1625-26
In 1612, the republic of the Netherlands negotiated a treaty with the Ottoman Sultan that guaranteed trade privileges for Dutch[…]
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