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Lords of the Sea - A History of the Barbary Corsairs (Hardcover)
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Lords of the Sea - A History of the Barbary Corsairs (Hardcover)
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The modern increase of piracy in the waters east and south of
Somalia has led some commentators to call the area the 'new
Barbary'. But what of the 'old Barbary', where from around 1500 to
1800 Muslim corsairs sallied forth to capture Christian ships? For
over three hundred years the corsairs of North Africa were the
terror of the Mediterranean and beyond, and during that period they
are estimated to have captured and enslaved more than a million
Christians. The Barbary corsairs began as the maritime vanguard of
the Ottoman Turkish empire, the Muslim superpower of the time. They
served as a vital component of the main Ottoman fleet, as well as
conducting their own independent raiding of Christian shipping and
territory. Lords of the Sea covers the dramatic initial impact of
the corsairs in the early 1500s, and their eventual breaking from
Ottoman control in the early seventeenth century. During this time
they rose to the apogee of their powers, extending their activities
from the Mediterranean into the Atlantic, venturing as far as
England, Ireland and Iceland. They were combatted by the major
European sea powers in the second half of the 1600s, and although
their activities declined after 1700, it was only in the early
nineteenth century that Europe and the new United States of America
finally curbed the Barbary corsair menace, culminating in the
French conquest of Algiers in 1830. An engrossing tale of piracy,
maritime conquest, slavery and exploration, this colourful account
will appeal to the wide audience for maritime and general history.
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