JÓN JÓNSSON: A CAPTIVE’S TALE – PART 5
(This post is a continuation of Jón Jónsson: a Captive’s Tale – Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4. If you[…]
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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.
SHIPBUILDING IN THE SIXTEENTH & SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES – PART 1
Have you ever wondered how people built wooden sailing ships in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? The process seems, on[…]
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SHIPBUILDING IN THE SIXTEENTH & SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Shipbuilding in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries – Part 1. If you haven’t done[…]
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RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS : THE TALE OF IVAN DE VEENBOER, AKA SULIEMAN REIS – PART 1
At the height of his success as an Algiers-based corsair, the Dutch renegade corsair Captain Simon Dancer commanded a sizeable[…]
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RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS: THE TALE OF IVAN DE VEENBOER, AKA SULIEMAN REIS – PART 2.
Not too long after the spectacularly successful raid on the Canary Islands, Mustaffa Reis replaced de Veenboer as head of[…]
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PRIVATEERING — THE BUSINESS OF PIRACY: PART 1
The early seventeenth century was a wild, violent time. The discovery of the New World a century before—and the riches[…]
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PRIVATEERING — THE BUSINESS OF PIRACY: PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Privateering — The Business of Piracy: Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
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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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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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