02563nam 2200553 a 450 991045274840332120200520144314.01-86189-946-71-299-19117-7(CKB)2550000001006015(EBL)1127639(OCoLC)828792918(SSID)ssj0000907775(PQKBManifestationID)12396562(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000907775(PQKBWorkID)10898299(PQKB)10196497(MiAaPQ)EBC1127639(Au-PeEL)EBL1127639(CaPaEBR)ebr10660903(CaONFJC)MIL450367(EXLCZ)99255000000100601520130222d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLords of the sea[electronic resource] a history of the Barbary Corsairs /Alan G. JamiesonLondon Reaktion Books20121 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86189-907-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Lords of the Sea Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Maps; Introduction: The Barbary Legend; 1. Vanguard of the Sultan 1492-1580; 2. Lords of the Sea 1580-1660; 3. Facing the Sea Powers 1660-1720; 4. Decline, Revival and Extinction 1720-1830; Conclusion: A New Barbary?; Glossary of Place Name Changes; Chronology; References; Bibliography; Photo Acknowledgements; IndexThe 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 1500's through their breaking from OttomanPiratesAfrica, NorthHistory17th centuryAfrica, NorthHistory1517-1882Electronic books.PiratesHistory364.164091638Jamieson A. G(Alan G.)956316MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452748403321Lords of the sea2165286UNINA