Of particular concern, the countries referred to in the history books of my youth as the Barbary Pirates ... demanded ransoms for their American prisoners, and claimed the right to exact tribute ...

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ...

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ...

Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates, would attack American merchant shipping, capturing sailors for whom they initially extorted ...

Who needs an epic orchestral soundtrack when you can sail the seas to your crew singing 'The Coast of High Barbary ... a pirate if you don't fancy it. After escaping with a group of prisoners ...

While the legends of José Gaspar are full of alleged adventure and swashbuckling, history tells a different story.

The tale continues, alleging that Gaspar fought the Barbary pirates of Tripoli before making captain, then sailed to the Caribbean to fight and capture the buccaneers, before rising to admiral of ...

alleging that Gaspar fought the Barbary pirates of Tripoli before making captain, then sailed to the Caribbean to fight and capture the buccaneers, before rising to admiral of the Atlantic Fleet ...

Donald Woods is a passenger aboard an American ship captured by the Barbary pirates. He is roundly disliked because ... one of the American prisoners. What neither of them know is he is actually an ...