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corsair: see Barbary States Barbary States, term used for the North African states of Tripolitania , Tunisia , Algeria , and Morocco . From the 16th cent. Tripolitania, Tunisia, and Algeria were autonomous provinces of the Turkish Empire. Morocco pursued its own independent development. ..... Click the link for more information. ; piracy piracy, robbery committed or attempted on the high seas. It is distinguished from privateering in that the pirate holds no commission from and receives the protection of no nation but usually attacks vessels of all nations. ..... Click the link for more information. . corsair 1. a pirate 2. a privateer, esp of the Barbary Coast How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He fought the Barbary pirates, doubled the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase (four cents per acre), and sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new territory in 1803. When her friend's brother Edward comes a-wooing, hoping for encouragement as he sets out on a trading journey to the Mediterranean, Meg playfully asks him to be captured by Barbary pirates to provide fodder for a new narrative account to sell in the bookshop. It was not until after the War of 1812 that the United States ceased forevermore paying tribute and ransom to the Barbary pirates, sparking the Second Barbary War. |
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