THE BARBARY CORSAIR RAID ON EAST ICELAND
Earlier this summer, my Icelandic colleague, Karl Smári Hreinsson, and I published a new book on the Tyrkjaránið (the Turkish[…]
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Author: Adam Nichols
I'm an associate professor with the University of Maryland, in the U.S. I spent twenty years teaching for the University of Maryland’s European division, in England, Scotland, Norway, Iceland, and Germany, and downrange on military installations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. I've also lived and worked in Australia, China, and Canada. I presently live in the U.S.
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
Back in 2016, my Icelandic colleague, Karl Smári Hreinsson, and I published The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson: The Story[…]
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OF PIRACY, PROFIT, AND PRUDENCE — PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Of Piracy, Profit, and Prudence — Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
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OF PIRACY, PROFIT, AND PRUDENCE — PART 1
In its heyday as a corsair capital, the city of Algiers had one major economic driver: piracy. Legally speaking, Algerian[…]
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NICOLAUS THE UNLUCKY
In the early 1600s, a young French sailor named Nicolaus, from Havre de Grace (modern-day Le Havre, located on the[…]
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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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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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ENGLISH PRIVATEERS – PART 1
When most people think of Barbary corsairs, they think of them as being Muslims from North Africa. They were. And[…]
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ENGLISH PRIVATEERS – PART 2: JOHN SMITH ON PIRATES
(This post is a continuation of English Privateers – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best to[…]
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ENGLISH PRIVATEERS – PART 3: CAPTAIN HENRY MAINWARING ON PIRATES
(This post is a continuation of English Privateers – Part 2: John Smith on Pirates. If you haven’t done so[…]
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