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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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 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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THE ALGIERS SLAVE MARKET: PART 1
From midway through the sixteenth century until the early nineteenth, tens of thousands of people were taken captive by Barbary[…]
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THE ALGIERS SLAVE MARKET: PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Algiers Slave Market: Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best[…]
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THE ALGIERS SLAVE MARKET: PART 3
(This post is a continuation of The Algiers Slave Market: Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
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SLAVERY IN NORTH AFRICA
Mostly, when we think of slavery, we think of it in terms of the Africans who were forcibly shipped across[…]
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CALAFAT HASSAN – THE TALE OF A CORSAIR REIS: PART 1
During the age of the Barbary corsairs, successful corsair captains were not only wealthy and important men; they were folk[…]
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CALAFAT HASSAN – THE TALE OF A CORSAIR REIS: PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Calafat Hassan – the Tale of a Corsair Reis: Part 1. If you haven’t[…]
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CALAFAT HASSAN – THE TALE OF A CORSAIR REIS: PART 3
(This post is a continuation of Calafat Hassan – the Tale of a Corsair Reis: Part 2. If you haven’t[…]
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THE STORY OF THE HORNACHEROS AND THE FOUNDING OF THE CORSAIR REPUBLIC OF SALÉ – PART 1
This series of posts recounts the story of a group of Spanish Muslims—the Hornacheros—and the role they played in the[…]
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