SHIPBUILDING IN THE SIXTEENTH & SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES – PART 1
Have you ever wondered how people built wooden sailing ships in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? The process seems, on[…]
Read moreHave you ever wondered how people built wooden sailing ships in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? The process seems, on[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Calafat Hassan – the Tale of a Corsair Reis: Part 2. If you haven’t[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Calafat Hassan – the Tale of a Corsair Reis: Part 1. If you haven’t[…]
Read moreDuring the age of the Barbary corsairs, successful corsair captains were not only wealthy and important men; they were folk[…]
Read moreThis week, we conclude the series of extracts from the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
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