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	Barbary pirates - LoveToKnow 1911
		They had the help of Moslem adventurers from the Levant, of whom the most successful were Arouj and his brother Khair-ed-Din, natives of Mitylene, both of whom were known to the Christians by the nickname of Barbarossa or "Redbeard." Spain in self-defence began to conquer the coast towns of Oran, Algiers and Tunis.
		Bougie was the chief shipbuilding port and the timber was mainly drawn from the country behind it.
		This port was so much the most formidable that the name of Algerine came to be used as synonymous with Barbary pirate, but the same trade was carried on, though with less energy, from Tripoli and Tunis - as also from towns in the empire of Morocco, of which the most notorious was Salli.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Barbary_pirates (1666 words)

	Barbary pirates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Their stronghold was along the stretch of northern Africa known as the Barbary Coast (a medieval term for the Maghreb after its Berber inhabitants), although their predation was said to extend throughout the Mediterranean, south along West Africa's Atlantic seaboard, and into the North Atlantic, purportedly as far north as Iceland.
		Although Barbary pirate attacks were more common in south and east Spain and the Balearic Islands, they also attacked the Atlantic northwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula.
		Barbary pirates appear in a number of famous novels, including Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini, The Algerine Captive by Royall Tyler, Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian, and the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barbary_pirates (887 words)

	Second Barbary War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Second Barbary War (1815, also known as the Algerine or Algerian War) was the second of two wars fought between the United States of America and the semi-autonomous North African city-states of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, known collectively as the Barbary States.
		The Barbary pirate states took this opportunity to return to their practice of attacking American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea and holding their crews and officers for ransom.
		By June 30, 1815 the treaty was signed and the threat of Barbary pirates to American vessels was at an end.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Barbary_War (539 words)

	Pirates and the Barbary War \| Americans at War: 1500-1815
		The Barbary States probably got their name from the Berbers, who were largely scattered in tribes across the North African coast.
		The pirates were technically corsairs, meaning sailors who were given a government license to steal, and piracy was profitable to the beys, deys, and pashas who ruled these coastal cities.
		Barbary pirate raids were generally conducted by one ship only, and they were terrifying.
	www.bookrags.com /research/pirates-and-the-barbary-war-aaw-01 (1266 words)

	BARBARY PIRATES - Online Information article about BARBARY PIRATES
		time of the ocean; who were not finally suppressed till the 19th century was well advanced; and who are properly known as the Barbary pirates, arose in the 16th century, attained their greatest height in the 17th, declined gradually throughout the 18th and were • extinguished about 183o.
		In this century, indeed, the main strength of the pirates was supplied by renegades from all parts of Christendom.
		The great pirate city was not in fact thoroughly tamed till its conquest by France in 183o.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAI_BAR/BARBARY_PIRATES.html (1897 words)

	Victory in Tripoli: Lessons for the War on Terrorism
		Barbary naval warfare was to prove as frustrating as the earlier diplomatic dealings with its perfidious tyrants.
		Although the piratical activities of Barbary genuinely degenerated over the centuries from pure considerations of the glory of jihad to less grandiose visions of booty and state revenues, it is important to remember that the religious foundations of the institution of piracy remained central.
		The Barbary pirates were not a “radical” or “fundamentalist” sect that had twisted religious doctrine for power and politics, or that came to recast aspects of their faith out of some form of insanity.
	www.heritage.org /Research/NationalSecurity/hl940.cfm (3881 words)

	Barbary Wars
		The Barbary War -- the first American war against Libya -- was the first war waged by the United States outside national boundaries after gaining independence and unification of the country.
		By the end of the 18th Century the effectiveness of Tripoli's corsairs had long since deteriorated, but their reputation alone was enough to prompt European maritime states to pay the tribute extorted by the pasha to ensure safe passage of their shipping through Tripolitanian waters.
		In 1805 Marines stormed the Barbary pirates' harbor fortress stronghold of Derna (Tripoli), commemorated in the Marine Corp Hymn invocation "To the Shores of Tripoli." First Lieutenant O'Bannon is remembered for heroism in the battle for Derna.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/barbary.htm (907 words)

	Pirate Encyclopedia: Barbary Coast Pirates
		The Barbary Coast Pirates preyed upon ships and coastal settlements for several hundred years, from the time of the Crusades until the early nineteenth century.
		The pirates often raided European coastal cities and captured large numbers of Christian slaves to be sold in slave markets.
		This was an end to a pirate empire which took no less than 466 vessels between 1609-1616, then 27 more in 1625 and a printed report in London in 1682 said that 160 ships were captured between 1677-1680 during their height.
	ageofpirates.com /article.php?Barbary_Coast_Pirates (597 words)

	Journal on open sea and coastal kayak paddling - Barbary Pirates
		This port was so much the most formidable that the name of Algerine came to be used as synonymous with Barbary pirate, but the same trade was carried on, though with less energy, from Tripoli and Tunis, as also from towns in the empire of Morocco, of which the most notorious was Salé.
		In the 18th century British public men were not ashamed to say that Barbary piracy was a useful check on the competition of the weaker Mediterranean nations in the carrying trade.
		She was also engaged in pressing the other European powers to join with her in the suppression of the slave trade which the Barbary states practised on a large scale and at the expense of Europe.
	www.onkayaks.squarespace.com /barbary-pirates (2428 words)

	Pirates
		Pirates mailing list brings together historians, researchers, authors, and other interested individuals in serious discussions of the history of piracy and related topics.
		Pirates of the Caribbean covers the "Golden Age" of Piracy especially in the Caribbean.
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	The Thomas Jefferson Papers - America and the Barbary Pirates - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
		The focus of the United States and a proposed international coalition was the Barbary Pirates of North Africa.
		Pirate ships and crews from the North African states of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers (the Barbary Coast) were the scourge of the Mediterranean.
		However, it was not until 1805, when an American fleet under Commodore John Rogers and a land force raised by an American naval agent to the Barbary powers, Captain William Eaton, threatened to capture Tripoli and install the brother of Tripoli's pasha on the throne, that a treaty brought an end to the hostilities.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjprece.html (1172 words)

	Pirate History 1
		Buccaneers: These pirates were made up of a group of men from Holland, England, France, and another group of pirates called the Barbary corsairs who were chased out of the Barbary Coast when merchant captains from France and England got tired of being captured and robbed by the French Corsairs.
		These pirates were known as the Barbary Pirates and they were very cruel and took a lot of goods from any ship that passed their way.
		Finally these pirates were chased out of the Mediteranean Sea by the French and went to live in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola.
	library.thinkquest.org /J0110360/history.htm (1514 words)

	Barbary pirates
		The stronghold of the Barbary pirates was the northern stretch of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, known as the Barbary Coast.
		The Barbary pirates became a dominant power during the decline of the Muslim dynasties in the 16th century.
		The Barbary pirates eventually succeeded in coercing the European rulers into paying tolls as a means to safely trade in the Mediterranean, the African coast, and parts of Europe.
	www.ecani.com /pirates-barbary-pirates.html (746 words)

	Barbary Corsair - PotC Wiki
		The Barbary Corsairs, also known as Barbary pirates or Ottoman Corsairs, were a group of pirates and privateers that operated from the Barbary coast in North Africa.
		They were led by the Pirate Lord Ammand, who commanded a fleet of galleys.
		The Barbary Corsairs were known to attack trade ships of the Christian infidels, and controlled all trade from the Gulf of Morocco to Turkey, due to Ammand forging an alliance with the Ottoman Empire.
	pirates.wikia.com /wiki/Barbary_Corsairs (230 words)

	Message Board
		Captured seamen were generally given the choice between joining the pirates or being released, and if the officers had treated their crew halfway decently, they would be released as well.
		Sometimes the pirates attacked slave ships and kept slaves as prisoners in order to sell them themselves - in that case, they might have taken over the captured slave ship and used the given facilities (or they used a former slave ship themselves, which therefore had 'storage room' anyway).
		Barbary captivity narratives, then, are stories written by European ex-hostages/slaves, in which they describe their experiences as prisoners at sea and as slaves.
	www.piratesinfo.com /mysql/phorum/read.php?5,161411 (1160 words)

	Pojo's WizKids Pirates of the Spanish Main Constructable Strategy Game - News, Tips, Reports, and more (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pirates of the Barbary Coast Releases - October 26, 2005 (SEATTLE) — WizKids Inc. is proud to announce the release of the newest stand-alone expansion for Pirates, Pirates of the Barbary Coast.
		Pirates of the Barbary Coast moves the hunt for gold and glory to the Mediterranean, where the Barbary Corsairs battle European and American powers for control.
		Our Pirate Piece of the Day is the Pirate fort Dead Man's Point nestled among the dangerous reefs of Tortuga waiting patiently to seize upon the unsuspecting and slow moving cargo vessels.
	www.pojo.com /pirates/index.shtml (6293 words)

	WizKids - Pirates of the Spanish Main
		What set Barbary pirates apart from their New World counterparts was that they kidnapped entire ships and held their prisoners for ransom or as slaves to sell, and then they would sell those ships back to their original owners (or to anyone willing to pay their price).
		The Barbary pirates became such a threat to the superpowers of the day that France and England were paying annual “tributes” of up to $80,000 to various Barbary states.
		The Barbary pirates owed much of their success to their tactics, which involved the use of very fast, very quick boats able to attack with little to no wind.
	www.wizkidsgames.com /pirates/article.asp?cid=40195 (892 words)

	Another Forgotten War
		The Barbary Pirates were the inhabitants of the nations of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli.
		One of the first incidents that involved us with the Barbary Pirates happened as early as 1785 when the pirates captured our merchantman the Maria and her crew was imprisoned.
		The Barbary War also demonstrated the United States ability to reach overseas and strike an opponent, a feat that would not be duplicated until the end of the nineteenth century.
	umbrigade.tripod.com /articles/forgotten.html (974 words)

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		Pirates of the Barbary Coast - Aruj Barbarossa #39
		Pirates of the Barbary Coast - Jordan Dumas #82
		Pirates of the Barbary Coast - Knights of Malta #106
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	Barbary Pirates
		For one thing, although the Barbary pirates were good at instilling terror -- using cannons and scimitars -- they were not waging a holy war against...
		The Volokh Conspiracy - Bork and the Barbary Pirates:
		The Barbary pirates were to colonial America what fundamentalist terror cells are to contemporary America.
	www.virtualology.com /virtualwarmuseum.com/hallofforeignwars/BARBARYPIRATES.COM (1732 words)

	Barbary pirates
		Muslim pirates along the coast of North Africa from 16th until 19th centuries.
		The pirates operated largely in the Mediterranean, but those along the Moroccan Atlantic coast and the western parts of the Mediterranean coast, also sent ships up along the European Atlantic coast, reaching the British Isles, Norway and even Iceland.
		The first real blow to the pirates was when the USA intervened in the very beginning of the 19th century.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/barbary_pirates.htm (510 words)

	Pirates, Privateers, and Buccaneers Theme Page
		Text of a treaty signed between the Bey of Tunis and the United States in 1799 intended to control the Barbary pirates.
		Pirates, privateers and buccaneers were most prevalent during the great age of exploration.
		Background information on pirates and privateers during the 16th and 17th centuries, particularly with respect to Spanish treasure ships.
	www.cln.org /themes/pirates.html (852 words)

	Gates of Vienna: Barbary Pirates Redux
		In fact, it was born of necessity with the decades’ long conflicts with the Barbary Pirates.
		But the Barbary pirates merely wanted to raise money by terrorist means, they weren’t waging jihad against the infidel, they just wanted his money.
		Last month pirates in the unpatrolled waters off the 3700-kilometre coastline of the war-torn Horn of Africa country released two UN-chartered vessels, one of which had been seized in June, but several others and their crews remain in captivity.
	gatesofvienna.blogspot.com /2005/11/barbary-pirates-redux.html (4131 words)

	"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!"
		The Barbary Coast of Northern Africa consisted of the four states of Algiers, Morocco, Tripoli, and Tunis.
		The "Barbary Pirates" had for centuries captured vessels sailing the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
		By the 18th Century, the fearsome reputation of the Barbary Pirates, and self-interest, had led most of the European powers to routinely pay the tribute demanded.
	www.zianet.com /web/barbary.htm (3681 words)

	Barbary Pirates
		The Barbary Pirates were a band of privateers who served as part of the naval forces of the Ottoman Empire, a huge, multi-ethnic empire that spanned throughout southern Europe, northern Africa, the Mediterranean region, and the Middle East.
		By the 1700's, the Barbary Pirates had become so fearsome that many nations, including the United States for some time, agreed to pay them an annual ransom to ensure their trading vessels sailed safely in the Mediterranean.
		The end for the Barbary Pirates came in the early 1800's when they began seizing American ships in the Atlantic Ocean and enslaving their crews.
	www.mrnussbaum.com /barbarypirates.htm (310 words)

	WizKids - Pirates of the Spanish Main
		Rais Murat was once a prisoner of the Barbary Corsairs, but he has since been granted his freedom and a ship.
		He was the first of the Barbary Corsairs to attack holdings in the Atlantic, and he became notorious because he sacked a Spanish town in the Canary Islands and actually ransomed each captive back to Spain before he left.
		For those who don’t know that much about the historical significance of the Barbary pirates, take a look at this historical overview.
	www.wizkidsgames.com /pirates/article.asp?cid=40218 (690 words)

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