THE RELATION OF GERMAIN MOÜETTE – PART 1
In October of 1670, a nineteen-year-old Frenchman named Germain Moüette had the misfortune to be captured by corsairs from Salé.[…]
Read moreIn October of 1670, a nineteen-year-old Frenchman named Germain Moüette had the misfortune to be captured by corsairs from Salé.[…]
Read moreIt’s been a very long time since I last posted a book recommendation here in this blog. Time to remedy[…]
Read moreThis week, we conclude the history and description of Algiers provided by Father Pierre Dan, the French Trinitarian friar, in[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the history and description of Algiers provided by Father Pierre Dan, the French Trinitarian friar,[…]
Read moreThis week, we continue with the history and description of Algiers provided by Father Pierre Dan, the French Trinitarian friar,[…]
Read moreWe ended last year (2023) with a description of early seventeenth century Algiers written by Jean-Baptiste Gramaye, the Flemish academic[…]
Read moreIn early May of 1619, Jean-Baptiste Gramaye—a professor at the University of Leuven, in Brabant, in what is now Belgium—had[…]
Read moreWe started this year (2023) with a series of excepts from a captivity narrative written by a Portuguese soldier named[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Privateering — The Business of Piracy: Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
Read moreThe early seventeenth century was a wild, violent time. The discovery of the New World a century before—and the riches[…]
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