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Sep 19, 2012 · Sailing from North Africa’s Barbary Coast, the Barbarossa (which means “red beard” in Italian) brothers Aruj and Hizir became rich by capturing European vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Aug 16, 2023 · Hayreddin Barbarossa, also known as Redbeard, was one of the most notorious pirates of his day. Together with his older brothers, Ishak and Aruj, they conquered the North African city of Algiers and submitted it to the Ottomans, as a means of protecting themselves from the Spanish.
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Oct 8, 2019 · This 16th-century corsair was the most feared pirate of the Mediterranean. No Spanish ships or ports were safe when dread pirate Barbarossa, ally of the powerful Ottoman Empire, sailed the high...
May 15, 2024 · Though most pirates avoided violence when possible, some relished it. Blackbeard supposedly lit fuses in his beard when approaching enemy prizes, looking like a demon straight out of hell....
There is one red-bearded pirate - but he was a Barbaresk Corsair who later became an Ottoman Admiral.
Jan 26, 2023 · 1. Blackbeard. A painting of Blackbeard during his last battle in 1718 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. (Image credit: Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images) Blackbeard is possibly the most famous...
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Discover the incredible life of Hayreddin Barbarossa - the Ottoman Greek pirate whose raids terrorized the Mediterranean in the early 1500s! Born in Lesbos, ...
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