JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Sometimes books that deal with historical events are interesting because they present you with things you’ve never heard about. Sometimes,[…]
Read moreSometimes books that deal with historical events are interesting because they present you with things you’ve never heard about. Sometimes,[…]
Read moreBack in April of 2018, there was a three-part series of posts here in the Captives section of this blog[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Jón Jónsson: a Captive’s Tale – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Jón Jónsson: a Captive’s Tale – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Jón Jónsson: a Captive’s Tale – Parts 1, 2, & 3. If you haven’t[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Jón Jónsson: a Captive’s Tale – Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4. If you[…]
Read moreHave you ever wondered how people built wooden sailing ships in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? The process seems, on[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Shipbuilding in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries – Part 1. If you haven’t done[…]
Read moreAt the height of his success as an Algiers-based corsair, the Dutch renegade corsair Captain Simon Dancer commanded a sizeable[…]
Read moreNot too long after the spectacularly successful raid on the Canary Islands, Mustaffa Reis replaced de Veenboer as head of[…]
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