THE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 4
This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
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This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
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This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
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This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
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Welcome to the beginning of a new year. The Chinese apparently have a saying that they trot out regularly for[…]
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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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When people hear the phrase “the Spanish Armada,” they invariably think of the great fleet of ships sent by the[…]
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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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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 image at the top of this post is a digital reproduction of a seventeenth century painting depicting a sea[…]
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This week we conclude the adventures of Robinson Crusoe. When we left him last week, he and his young Morisco[…]
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