Category: Corsairs

At the height of his success as an Algiers-based corsair, the Dutch renegade corsair Captain Simon Dancer commanded a sizeable[…]

Not too long after the spectacularly successful raid on the Canary Islands, Mustaffa Reis replaced de Veenboer as head of[…]

The early seventeenth century was a wild, violent time. The discovery of the New World a century before—and the riches[…]

(This post is a continuation of Privateering — The Business of Piracy: Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]

Barbary corsairs were Muslims operating out of North African ports, but they were not all North Africans. Quite a number[…]

(This post is a continuation of Renegade Corsair Captains: the Tale of Simon Dancer – Part 1. If you haven’t[…]

The idea that Dutch privateers should have ended up among the Barbary corsairs of North Africa may at first seem[…]

(This post is a continuation of The Dutch Connection: How Seventeenth Century Dutch Privateers Became Barbary Corsairs in North Africa[…]

During the age of the Barbary corsairs, successful corsair captains were not only wealthy and important men; they were folk[…]

(This post is a continuation of Calafat Hassan – the Tale of a Corsair Reis: Part 1. If you haven’t[…]