CORSAIR METHODS OF ATTACK – PART 1
Barbary corsair ships—whether the galleys that hunted the Mediterranean or the square-rigged ships that plied the Atlantic littoral—were armed. Galleys[…]
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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.
CORSAIR METHODS OF ATTACK – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Corsair Methods of Attack – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s[…]
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CORSAIR METHODS OF ATTACK – PART 3
(This post is a continuation of Corsair Methods of Attack – Parts 1 and 2. If you haven’t done so[…]
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CANNONS – PART 1
Barbary corsair ships—like all pirate ships—were armed with cannon. The oared galleys that corsairs used in the Mediterranean had cannon[…]
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CANNONS – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Cannons – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best to[…]
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CANNONS – PART 3
(This post is a continuation of Cannons – Parts 1 and 2. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best[…]
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
There is a popular YouTube channel named Voices of the Past. It presents a series of videos that combine images[…]
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ICELANDERS IN ALGIERS – PART 1
Last week here in this blog, we finished a series of posts—taken from Stolen Lives, the book my Icelandic colleague,[…]
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ICELANDERS IN ALGIERS – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Icelanders in Algiers – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best[…]
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ICELANDERS IN ALGIERS – PART 3
(This post is a continuation of Icelanders in Algiers – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
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