CORSAIR ATTACKS – PART 2
This week, we continue with a series of posts on corsair attacks. Last week we looked at some of the[…]
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This week, we continue with a series of posts on corsair attacks. Last week we looked at some of the[…]
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Barbary corsair ships—whether the galleys that hunted the Mediterranean or the square-rigged ships that plied Europe’s Atlantic littoral—were armed. Galleys[…]
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Throughout the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, the premier naval vessel in and around the Mediterranean Sea was the oared[…]
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This week we conclude the series of excerpts from the captivity narrative of James Wadsworth. Last week, Wadsworth described his[…]
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This week we continue the series of excerpts from the captivity narrative of James Wadsworth. Last week, Wadsworth described how[…]
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This week we continue the series of excerpts from the captivity narrative of James Wadsworth. Travelling by sea in the[…]
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This week we begin a series of excerpts from a new captivity narrative. This one is by an Englishman named[…]
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(This post is a continuation of Muskets – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best[…]
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Last week we began a series of posts on muskets. This week continues that series. ______ As we saw last[…]
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This week’s blog post is something a little different: we’re going to take a look at the muskets that Barbary[…]
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