Corsairs of Malta and Barbary

E-188: U.S. Naval Institute. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by United States Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1970. 307 pgs. Maps. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The book is a comparative study of the koursa, that strange institution that flourished for centuries in the Mediterranean basin, both by the Muslim Barbarians who had their strongholds on the coast of North Africa and by the (less famous but perhaps more active) Christians their contemporaries who set sail from Malta and Italy - thus maintaining an endless "holy war" and often targeting Greek merchant ships. Based on numerous documents and testimonies of the time, the corsair operations, the seizure of property and the sale of captives in the slave markets are described, while the history and activities of five famous corsairs of the region are presented. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages .