Pirates of Barbary : : Corsairs, Conquests, and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean
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Prosperity at sea: the Mediterranean world -- Where are the days?: the making of a pirate -- Hellfire is prepared: turning Turk on the Barbary Coast -- The land hath far too little ground: Danseker the Dutchman -- Your majesty's new creature: pardons and pragmatism under James I -- Rich caskets of home-spun valour: fighting back against the pirates -- Treacherous intents: the English send a fleet against Algiers -- Fishers of men: The sack of Baltimore -- Woeful slavery: William Rainborow's 1637 expedition to Morocco -- The yoke of bondage: a slave's story -- Deliverance: the liberation of Barbary captives -- The greatest scourge to the Algerines: the occupation of Tangiers -- Breaches of faith: making peace with Barbary -- No part of England: The evacuation of Tangiers -- The king's agent: Life in late-seventeenth century Tripoli -- The last corsair: colonialism, conquest, and the end of the Barbary pirates.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Riverhead Books, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xx, 343 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781594487743
159448774X
SUBJECTS
Pirates -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 17th century.
Pirates -- Africa, North -- History -- 17th century.
Mediterranean Region -- History -- 1517-1789.
Africa, North -- History -- 1517-1882.