In this post, we get back to basics. Barbary corsairs are also often called Barbary pirates, but they were not[…]
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Month: November 2023
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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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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TYRKJARANS-SAGA: EINAR LOPTSSON’S EXPERIENCE AS A SLAVE IN ALGIERS – PART 2
This week continues with the excerpt from Tyrkjarans-Saga describing the experiences of Einar Loptsson, an Icelander enslaved in Algiers in[…]
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