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Barbary corsairs weren’t just pirates. They were part of a larger enterprise. There was a religious element to that enterprise:[…]
Read moreBarbary corsairs weren’t just pirates. They were part of a larger enterprise. There was a religious element to that enterprise:[…]
Read moreWhen people think of Barbary corsairs, they often envision them in oared galleys massing to attack European sailing ships—rather like[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Oared Galleys – The Story of La Real: Part 1. If you haven’t done[…]
Read moreBy the early decades of the seventeenth century, Barbary corsairs were employing two very different types of ships: oared galleys[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Corsair Ships: Square-Rigged Vessels – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s[…]
Read moreBarbary corsair ships—whether the galleys that hunted the Mediterranean or the square-rigged ships that plied the Atlantic littoral—were armed. Galleys[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Corsair Methods of Attack – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Corsair Methods of Attack – Parts 1 and 2. If you haven’t done so[…]
Read moreWhen most people think of Barbary corsairs, they think of them as being Muslims from North Africa. They were.[…]
Read more(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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