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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.

THE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 5

January 31, 2023 Adam Nichols Captives

This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]

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THE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 4

January 23, 2023 Adam Nichols Captives

This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]

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THE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 3

January 18, 2023 Adam Nichols Captives

This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]

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THE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 2

January 9, 2023 Adam Nichols Captives

This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]

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THE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 1

January 2, 2023 Adam Nichols Captives

Welcome to the beginning of a new year. The Chinese apparently have a saying that they trot out regularly for[…]

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THE OTHER ARMADA – PART 2

December 25, 2022 Adam Nichols Background

Perhaps the most striking aspect of Charles V’s ill-fated expedition against Algiers was the storm that put an end to[…]

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THE OTHER ARMADA – PART 1

December 19, 2022 Adam Nichols Background

When people hear the phrase “the Spanish Armada,” they invariably think of the great fleet of ships sent by the[…]

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ALGIERS – AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1627 – PART 2

December 12, 2022 Adam Nichols Captives

Last week, we looked at Reverend Ólafur Egilsson’s description of Algiers as it was in August-September, 1627. This week, we[…]

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ALGIERS – AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1627

December 7, 2022 Adam Nichols Captives

Quite a few descriptions of Algiers penned by European observers have come down to us from the seventeenth century. One[…]

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THE OTTOMAN RECURVE BOW

November 29, 2022 Adam Nichols Corsairs

The image at the top of this post is a digital reproduction of a seventeenth century painting depicting a sea[…]

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