This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
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THE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 6
This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
Read moreTHE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 5
This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
Read moreTHE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 4
This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
Read moreTHE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 3
This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
Read moreTHE NARRATIVE OF JOÃO DE CARVALHO MASCARENHAS – PART 2
This week, we continue with the narrative of João de Carvalho Mascarenhas, the Portuguese soldier who was captured at sea[…]
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Welcome to the beginning of a new year. The Chinese apparently have a saying that they trot out regularly for[…]
Read moreALGIERS – AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1627 – PART 2
Last week, we looked at Reverend Ólafur Egilsson’s description of Algiers as it was in August-September, 1627. This week, we[…]
Read moreALGIERS – AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1627
Quite a few descriptions of Algiers penned by European observers have come down to us from the seventeenth century. One[…]
Read moreTHE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE — PART 6
This week we conclude the adventures of Robinson Crusoe. When we left him last week, he and his young Morisco[…]
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