Lords of the sea : a history of the Barbary corsairs /

The escalation of piracy in the waters east and south of Somalia has led commentators to call the area the new Barbary, but the Somali pirates cannot compare to the three hundred years of terror supplied by the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean and beyond. From 1500 to 1800, Muslim pirates from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jamieson, A. G. (Alan G.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
Temas:
1517-1882
Pirates > Mediterranean Region > History.
Pirates > Africa, North > History.
Pirates > Afrique du Nord > Histoire.
TRUE CRIME > General.
Pirates
Mediterranean Region > History > 1517-1789.
Africa, North > History > 1517-1882.
Méditerranée, Région de la > Histoire > 1517-1789.
Afrique du Nord > Histoire > 1517-1882.
North Africa
Mediterranean Region
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The escalation of piracy in the waters east and south of Somalia has led commentators to call the area the new Barbary, but the Somali pirates cannot compare to the three hundred years of terror supplied by the Barbary corsairs in the Mediterranean and beyond. From 1500 to 1800, Muslim pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa captured and enslaved more than a million Christians. Lords of the Sea relates the history of these pirates, examining their dramatic impact as the maritime vanguard of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1500s through their breaking from Ottoman contr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-260) and index.
ISBN:9781861899460
1861899467
1861899076
9781861899071
9781299191174
1299191177

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