Book1: Rise of the Corsair Republic of Algiers 1516 - 1551

The Mediterranean Sea of the sixteenth century was a crossroads of empire and ambition. Between 1500 and 1550, kingdoms fought for coasts, ports, and sea routes and along the North African shore, a new power began to rise.This is the story of Algiers between 1516 and 1551, when corsair captains, city elders, refugees, and sailors shaped the birth of a maritime republic forged in resistance, politi...