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Meaning of "barbary corsairs"
This phrase refers to pirates who operated in the Mediterranean Sea during the 16th to 19th centuries. The Barbary Corsairs were mainly based in North Africa and targeted European ships for plunder and enslavement
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Barbary corsairs captured thousands of merchant ships and repeatedly raided coastal towns.
He is regarded as one of the most important Barbary corsairs.
Barbary corsairs Sources differ as to the date on which this action took place.
Battle of a French ship of the line and two galleys of the Barbary corsairs.
The Barbary corsairs started off by capturing passengers traveling on ships in the Mediterranean.
Leissègues later led a naval division to Northern Africa to reduce attacks by Barbary corsairs.
Other famous Barbary corsairs.
An action between an English ship and vessels of the Barbary Corsairs.
The Barbary corsairs were privateers of the Ottoman Empire rather than pirates.
For centuries the Citadel served as a sanctuary from attack by Barbary corsairs and Saracens.
Barbary Corsairs continued to trade in European slaves into the Modern time-period.
The Jews of Algiers were frequent purchasers of Christian slaves from Barbary corsairs.
Unlike the transatlantic slave trade, the Barbary corsairs did not discriminate against their victims.
At the age of twelve, he was taken captive by the Barbary corsairs.
She co-founded the Barbary Corsairs with her allies the Barbarossa brothers.
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Much later, it became an important base for the Barbary corsairs.
The Barbary corsairs were often Muslims, although they also included English and Dutch pirates.
For decades, the Citadel served as a sanctuary from attacks by Barbary Corsairs and Saracens.
Nevertheless, the Barbary corsairs remained a force in the Mediterranean until the 19 th century.
In 1560, leading an infantry column, he joined a famous assault against the Barbary corsairs at Djerba.
Like the buccaneers, the Barbary corsairs had a specific sphere of operation, i.e. the Mediterranean.
Their rights were acknowledged in the 16th to 18th century Barbary Corsairs era.
In 1621, his ship was captured by Barbary corsairs and Tromp was held as as a slave.
In 1576, Marco di Maria was being chased by Barbary corsairs off the coast of Malta.
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