CAPTIVE ICELANDERS IN ALGIERS
In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland and captured close to 500 people whom they carted off to[…]
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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 TRUE AND INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF THE SPICE TRADER WHO CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were the period when the Barbary corsairs were at their height, pillaging mercilessly throughout the[…]
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BARBARY CORSAIR SHIPS: SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS – PART 1
By the early decades of the seventeenth century, Barbary corsairs were employing two very different types of ships: oared galleys[…]
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BARBARY CORSAIR SHIPS: SQUARE-RIGGED VESSELS – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Corsair Ships: Square-Rigged Vessels – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s[…]
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CORSAIR METHODS OF ATTACK – PART 1
Barbary corsair ships—whether the galleys that hunted the Mediterranean or the square-rigged ships that plied the Atlantic littoral—were armed. Galleys[…]
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CORSAIR METHODS OF ATTACK – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Corsair Methods of Attack – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
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CORSAIR METHODS OF ATTACK – PART 3
(This post is a continuation of Corsair Methods of Attack – Parts 1 and 2. If you haven’t done so[…]
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THE SEALWOMAN’S GIFT
In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs from North Africa launched what was undoubtedly the most audacious long-distance raid they[…]
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ENGLISH PRIVATEERS – PART 1
When most people think of Barbary corsairs, they think of them as being Muslims from North Africa. They were.[…]
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ENGLISH PRIVATEERS – PART 2: JOHN SMITH ON PIRATES
(This post is a continuation of English Privateers – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s best to[…]
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