THE SHIPS OF SALÉ – PART 2
Of the four main types of square-rigged ships employed by the Salé corsairs—tartanes, snows, polaccas, and caravels—one of the most[…]
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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 ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped[…]
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LEO AFRICANUS ON SALÉ
These days, we have access to enormous amounts of information about the world. Documentaries take us down into the black[…]
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CAPTAIN HENRY MAINWARING – ENGLISH PIRATE
Way back in February of 2018, I uploaded a post on Captain Henry Mainwaring, the (in)famous English pirate. Mainwaring is[…]
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CAPTAIN HENRY MAINWARING – PART 2
Last week, we took a first look at a work titled Of the Beginnings, Practices, and Suppression of Pirates, written[…]
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CAPTAIN HENRY MAINWARING – PART 3
This week, we continue with the excerpt from Of the Beginnings, Practices, and Suppression of Pirates, written by Captain Henry[…]
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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH’S DESCRIPTION OF AN ATTACK AT SEA
Something a little different this week… Way back in February of 2018, I included a longish excerpt from The True[…]
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THE SEA ROVER’S PRACTICE
The Sea Rover’s Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730 —- by Benerson Little The Sea Rover’s Practice isn’t really about[…]
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THE ODYSSEY OF RENÉ DU CHASTELET DES BOYS – PART 1
This week’s post contains excerpts from yet another first-person captivity narrative, this one written in the seventeenth century. Our author[…]
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THE ODYSSEY OF RENÉ DU CHASTELET DES BOYS – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Odyssey of René du Chastelet des Boys – Parts 1& 2. If you[…]
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