| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Barbary legend -- Vanguard of the Sultan, 1492-1580 -- Lords of the sea, 1580-1660 -- Facing the sea powers, 1660-1720 -- Decline, revival and extinction, 1720-1830 -- Conclusion: A new Barbary? -- Glossary of place name changes -- Chronology |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-260) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pirates -- Mediterranean Region -- History
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Pirates -- Africa, North -- History
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TRUE CRIME -- General.
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Pirates
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| SUBJECT |
Mediterranean Region -- History -- 1517-1789. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005649
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Africa, North -- History -- 1517-1882. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001641
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North Africa
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Mediterranean Region
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781861899460 |
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1861899467 |
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1861899076 |
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9781861899071 |
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9781299191174 |
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1299191177 |
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