THE AFFAIR OF THE VLIEGENDE HERT – PART 5
(This post is a continuation of The Affair of the Vliegende Hert – Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4. If[…]
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Category: Corsairs
RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS : THE TALE OF IVAN DE VEENBOER, AKA SULIEMAN REIS – PART 1
At the height of his success as an Algiers-based corsair, the Dutch renegade corsair Captain Simon Dancer commanded a sizeable[…]
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RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS: THE TALE OF IVAN DE VEENBOER, AKA SULIEMAN REIS – PART 2.
Not too long after the spectacularly successful raid on the Canary Islands, Mustaffa Reis replaced de Veenboer as head of[…]
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PRIVATEERING — THE BUSINESS OF PIRACY: PART 1
The early seventeenth century was a wild, violent time. The discovery of the New World a century before—and the riches[…]
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PRIVATEERING — THE BUSINESS OF PIRACY: PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Privateering — The Business of Piracy: Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
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RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS: THE TALE OF SIMON DANCER – PART 1
Barbary corsairs were Muslims operating out of North African ports, but they were not all North Africans. Quite a number[…]
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RENEGADE CORSAIR CAPTAINS: THE TALE OF SIMON DANCER – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of Renegade Corsair Captains: the Tale of Simon Dancer – Part 1. If you haven’t[…]
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THE DUTCH CONNECTION: HOW SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DUTCH PRIVATEERS BECAME BARBARY CORSAIRS IN NORTH AFRICA – PART 1
The idea that Dutch privateers should have ended up among the Barbary corsairs of North Africa may at first seem[…]
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THE DUTCH CONNECTION: HOW SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DUTCH PRIVATEERS BECAME BARBARY CORSAIRS IN NORTH AFRICA – PART 2
(This post is a continuation of The Dutch Connection: How Seventeenth Century Dutch Privateers Became Barbary Corsairs in North Africa[…]
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CALAFAT HASSAN – THE TALE OF A CORSAIR REIS: PART 1
During the age of the Barbary corsairs, successful corsair captains were not only wealthy and important men; they were folk[…]
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