This week, we continue the series of excerpts of an English translation of Relation de la captivité du Sr. Moüette[…]
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THE RELATION OF GERMAIN MOÜETTE – PART 3
This week, we continue the series of excerpts of an English translation of Relation de la captivité du Sr. Moüette[…]
Read moreTHE RELATION OF GERMAIN MOÜETTE – PART 2
This week, we continue the series of excerpts of an English translation of Relation de la captivité du Sr. Moüette[…]
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In October of 1670, a nineteen-year-old Frenchman named Germain Moüette had the misfortune to be captured by corsairs from Salé.[…]
Read moreJOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS: WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A GALLEY SLAVE
We started this year (2023) with a series of excepts from a captivity narrative written by a Portuguese soldier named[…]
Read moreTYRKJARANS-SAGA: EINAR LOPTSSON’S EXPERIENCE AS A SLAVE IN ALGIERS – PART 2
This week continues with the excerpt from Tyrkjarans-Saga describing the experiences of Einar Loptsson, an Icelander enslaved in Algiers in[…]
Read moreTYRKJARANS-SAGA: EINAR LOPTSSON’S EXPERIENCE AS A SLAVE IN ALGIERS – PART 1
In the summer of 1627, two sets of Barbary corsairs—one from Salé, one from Algiers—raided Iceland. The Salé corsairs pillaged[…]
Read moreCAPTIVE ICELANDERS IN ALGIERS
It’s been two weeks since I last posted anything in this blog. My apologies. I’ve been overwhelmed with last-minute work[…]
Read moreTHE BARBARY CORSAIR RAID ON THE FAROE ISLANDS
In the early 1600s, Barbary corsairs were on a role—as the saying goes. From Europeans, they had learned how to[…]
Read moreTHE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 8
This week, we conclude the series of extracts from the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who[…]
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