The travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson: the story of the Barbary Corsair raid on Iceland in 1627

"Translation of a 17th-century narrative written by a Lutheran pastor from Iceland who was captured by Turkish pirates, taken to North Africa, and then released and managed to make his way back across Europe to Iceland. His story, collected here with letters written by his fellow captives, give...

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Main Author: Ólafur Egilsson 1564-1639 (Author)
Other Authors: Karl Smári Hreinsson 1954- (Editor), Nichols, Adam (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. The Catholic University of America Press 2016
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Translation of a 17th-century narrative written by a Lutheran pastor from Iceland who was captured by Turkish pirates, taken to North Africa, and then released and managed to make his way back across Europe to Iceland. His story, collected here with letters written by his fellow captives, gives intimate details of life, and relations between Christianity and Islam, in that period"...Provided by publisher
Physical Description:xxxv, 235 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780813228693

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