THE DUTCH CONNECTION: PRIVATEERS, PIRATES, CORSAIRS
This week, we’re going to deal with something a little different from the usual fare. This blog is, of course,[…]
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Month: September 2025
SLAVES IN EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ALGIERS
Early seventeenth century Algiers was not a large city geographically, certainly not by modern standards. It was a harbor city,[…]
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BENEDIKT PÁLSSON – A CAPTIVE’S TALE
Being captured by Barbary corsairs was bad news. The capture itself was awful enough. At the very least, it was[…]
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