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Author : George Augustus Sala
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Total Pages : 420 pages
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Download or read book A Trip to Barbary by a Roundabout Route written by George Augustus Sala and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ólafur Egilsson
Publisher : Catholic University of America Press + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0813228700
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)
Download or read book The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson written by Ólafur Egilsson and published by Catholic University of America Press + ORM . This book was released on 2018-03-11 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seventeenth-century minister tells his story of abduction by pirates, and a solo journey from Algiers to Copenhagen, in this remarkable historical text. In summer 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens and abducting almost four hundred people to sell into slavery in Algiers. Among those taken was Lutheran minister Olafur Egilsson. Reverend Olafur—born in the same year as William Shakespeare and Galileo Galilei—wrote The Travels to chronicle his experiences both as a captive and as a traveler across Europe as he journeyed alone from Algiers to Copenhagen in an attempt to raise funds to ransom the Icelandic captives that remained behind. He was a keen observer, and the narrative is filled with a wealth of detail―social, political, economic, religious―about both the Maghreb and Europe. It is also a moving story on the human level: We witness a man enduring great personal tragedy and struggling to reconcile such calamity with his understanding of God. The Travels is the first-ever English translation of the Icelandic text. Until now, the corsair raid on Iceland has remained largely unknown in the English-speaking world. To give a clearer sense of the extraordinary events connected with that raid, this edition of The Travels includes not only Reverend Olafur’s first-person narrative but also a collection of contemporary letters describing both the events of the raid itself and the conditions under which the enslaved Icelanders lived. Also included are appendices containing background information on the cities of Algiers and Salé in the seventeenth century, on Iceland in the seventeenth century, on the manuscripts accessed for the translation, and on the book’s early modern European context.
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Total Pages : 1260 pages
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Author : Huck Gutman
Publisher : University of Vermont Press
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Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mankind in Barbary written by Huck Gutman and published by University of Vermont Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Isaac Kaufman Funk
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Total Pages : 1122 pages
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Download or read book “A” Standard Dictionary of the English Language Upon Original Plans written by Isaac Kaufman Funk and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joshua London
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
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Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Victory in Tripoli written by Joshua London and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-08-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jefferson, and the terrorists were the Barbary pirates of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.
Author : United States. Congress
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Total Pages : 796 pages
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Download or read book Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wyndham Lewis
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ISBN 13 : 9780140095609
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (956 download)
Download or read book Journey Into Barbary written by Wyndham Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adrian Tinniswood
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101445319
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Pirates of Barbary written by Adrian Tinniswood and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stirring story of the seventeenth-century pirates of the Mediterranean-the forerunners of today's bandits of the seas-and how their conquests shaped the clash between Christianity and Islam. It's easy to think of piracy as a romantic way of life long gone-if not for today's frightening headlines of robbery and kidnapping on the high seas. Pirates have existed since the invention of commerce itself, but they reached the zenith of their power during the 1600s, when the Mediterranean was the crossroads of the world and pirates were the scourge of Europe and the glory of Islam. They attacked ships, enslaved crews, plundered cargoes, enraged governments, and swayed empires, wreaking havoc from Gibraltar to the Holy Land and beyond. Historian and author Adrian Tinniswood brings alive this dynamic chapter in history, where clashes between pirates of the East-Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli-and governments of the West-England, France, Spain, and Venice-grew increasingly intense and dangerous. In vivid detail, Tinniswood recounts the brutal struggles, glorious triumphs, and enduring personalities of the pirates of the Barbary Coast, and how their maneuverings between the Muslim empires and Christian Europe shed light on the religious and moral battles that still rage today. As Tinniswood notes in Pirates of Barbary, "Pirates are history." In this fascinating and entertaining book, he reveals that the history of piracy is also the history that shaped our modern world.
Author : Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628738472
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)
Download or read book The Book of the Sword written by Richard Francis Burton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The history of the sword,” the author writes in his introduction, “is the history of humanity.” For centuries, the sword has been a symbol of power, strength, liberty, and courage. In the Middle Ages, the image of a sword was used to signify the word of God. Nearly every culture in history has forged blades from stone or steel to fight in times of battle and protect in times of peace. In this groundbreaking work, Richard Francis Burton, explorer, translator, scholar, and swordsman, draws on a wealth of linguistic, archaeological, and literary sources to trace the millennia-old history of the sword. From its earliest days as a charred, sharpened stick to the height of craftsmanship in the modern era, the sword has been the weapon of choice for warriors of all stripes. In eloquent, captivating prose, Burton describes: • Dirks • Daggers • Knives • Sabers • Cutlasses • The origin of the weapon • The weapons of the age of wood • The Copper Age of weapons • The Iron Age of weapons • The sword in ancient Egypt • The sword in ancient Greece • And more Nearly three hundred line drawings enhance Burton’s richly detailed text. Any reader of history or student of weaponry will find this book a fascinating, highly enjoyable read.
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Total Pages : 260 pages
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Author : James Augustus Henry Murray
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Total Pages : 1304 pages
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Download or read book A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 1304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Giles Milton
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1444717723
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)
Download or read book White Gold written by Giles Milton and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale. Using the firsthand testimony of a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow, Giles Milton vividly reconstructs a disturbing, little known chapter of history. Pellow was bought by the tyrannical sultan of Morocco who was constructing an imperial pleasure palace of enormous scale and grandeur, built entirely by Christian slave labour. As his personal slave, he would witness first-hand the barbaric splendour of the imperial court, as well as experience the daily terror of a cruel regime. Gripping, immaculately researched, and brilliantly realised, WHITE GOLD reveals an explosive chapter of popular history, told with all the pace and verve of one of our finest historians.
Author : United States. Congress
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Total Pages : 806 pages
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Download or read book Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: March 31, 1830-July 16, 1832 written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 476 pages
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Total Pages : 538 pages
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Total Pages : 534 pages
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