RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS: THE TALE OF SIMON DANCER – PART 1
Barbary corsairs were Muslims operating out of North African ports, but they were not all North Africans. Quite a number[…]
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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.
RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS: THE TALE OF SIMON DANCER – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Renegade Corsair Captains: the Tale of Simon Dancer – Part 1. If you haven’t[…]
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THE TALE OF THE JACOB – PART 1
In the autumn of 1621, a merchant ship named the Jacob, out of Bristol, England, set sail for the Mediterranean.[…]
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THE TALE OF THE JACOB – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Tale of the Jacob – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
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THE SLAVE POPULATION OF ALGIERS IN THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Early seventeenth century Algiers was not a large city geographically, certainly not by modern standards. It was a harbor city,[…]
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NAVAL TACTICS
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a time of violent conflict, both on land and at sea. They were also[…]
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THE DUTCH CONNECTION: HOW SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DUTCH PRIVATEERS BECAME BARBARY CORSAIRS IN NORTH AFRICA – PART 1
The idea that Dutch privateers should have ended up among the Barbary corsairs of North Africa may at first seem[…]
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THE DUTCH CONNECTION: HOW SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DUTCH PRIVATEERS BECAME BARBARY CORSAIRS IN NORTH AFRICA – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Dutch Connection: How Seventeenth Century Dutch Privateers Became Barbary Corsairs in North Africa[…]
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PEPYS’S NAVY: SHIPS, MEN & WARFARE 1649-1689
Every once in a while I come across a book that I genuinely can’t put down. Pepys’s Navy: Ships, Men[…]
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THE CAPTIVES’ EXPERIENCE: ENTERING ALGIERS
Seen from the sea, seventeenth century Algiers presented a quite spectacular sight. The city was located on the northwestern horn[…]
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