Название: The Barbary Wars: American Independence in the Atlantic World
Автор: Frank Lambert
Издательство: Hill and Wang
ISBN: 0809095335
Год: 2005
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 240
Размер: 1,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

American independence was secured from Britain on September 3, 1783. Within a year, the American merchant ship Betsey was captured by Sallee Rovers, state-sponsored pirates operating out of the ports of Morocco. Algerian pirates quickly seized two more American ships: the boats were confiscated, their crews held captive, and ransom demanded of the fledging American government.