Barbary captives : an anthology of early modern slave memoirs by Europeans in North Africa /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Klarer, Mario, 1962- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Balthasar Sturmer, Account of the Travels of Mister Balthasar Sturmer (1558 German manuscript; captivity in Tunis 1534-1535; complete text)
  • Antonio de Sosa, Topography of Algiers: Attempted Escape of Miguel de Cervantes (1612 Spanish print edition; captivity in Algiers 1577; excerpt)
  • OÌ?lafur Egilsson, The Travels of Reverend OÌ?lafur Egilsson (undated Icelandic manuscripts; Icelandic raid and captivity in Algiers 1627-1628; selection)
  • Emanuel d'Aranda, Short Story of My Unfortunate Journey (undated Dutch manuscript; captivity in Algiers 1640-1641; complete text)
  • Antoine Quartier, The Religious Slave and His Adventures (1690 French print edition; captivity in Tripoli 1660-1668; selection)
  • Andreas Matthäus and Johann Georg Wolffgang, Travels and Wonderful Fortunes of Two Brothers in Algerian Bondage (1767 German print edition; captivity in Algiers 1684-1688; complete text)
  • Isaac Brassard, The Tale of Mr. Brassard's Captivity in Algiers (1878 French print edition; captivity in Algiers 1687-1688; complete text)
  • Thomas Pellow, The History of the Long Captivity and Adventures of Thomas Pellow (1740 [?] British print edition; captivity in Morocco 1715-1738; selection)
  • Hark Olufs, The Remarkable Adventures of Hark Olufs (1747 Danish print edition; captivity in Constantine 1724-1735; complete text)
  • Maria ter Meetelen, Miraculous and Remarkable Events of Twelve Years of Slavery (1748 Dutch print edition; captivity in Morocco 1731-1743; selection)
  • Marcus Berg, Description of the Barbaric Slavery in the Kingdom of Fez and Morocco (1757 Swedish print edition; captivity in Morocco 1754-1756; selection)
  • Elizabeth Marsh, Narrative of Elizabeth Marsh's Captivity in Barbary (undated British manuscript; captivity in Morocco 1756; complete text)
  • Felice Caronni, The Account of an Amateur Antiquarian's Short Journey (1805 Italian print edition; captivity in Tunis 1804; selection).