But between 1609 and 1614 King Felipe III expelled thousands of Moriscos who had remained in Valencia after the Reconquista, due to their cooperation with Barbary pirates who continually attacked coastal cities and caused much harm to trade.

For example, the pirates of the Barbary Coast were recognized as de facto states because of their military power.

Barbary pirates from North Africa became an increasing problem.

As the general European wars abated during this time, the European and American navies were able to focus on countering the Barbary pirates and the pirate threat soon faded.

Henry was 21 when he, his father and brothers captured the Moorish port of Ceuta in northern Morocco, that had long been a base for Barbary pirates who raided the Portuguese coast, depopulating villages by capturing their inhabitants to be sold in the African slave market.

He had witnessed the Barbary Wars against the Islamic pirates of North Africa, and the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Turks.

* 1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.

The piracy carried on thereafter by the Barbary pirates of North Africa can be seen in the context of the wars against Spain.

According to Robert Davis between 1 million and 1. 25 million Europeans were captured by Barbary pirates and sold as slaves in North Africa and Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries.

The Moors, starting in the 8th century, also raided coastal areas around the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean, and became known as the Barbary pirates.

Before Independence, American merchant ships were protected from the Barbary pirates by the naval and diplomatic influence of Great Britain.

Reuben James was a Boatswain's Mate who distinguished himself fighting the Barbary pirates.

* October 21 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli.

* July 4 – July 19 – Turkish Abductions: The Barbary pirates raid Iceland.

* July – Ottomans and Barbary pirates invade the Mediterranean Island of Gozo, enslaving all inhabitants ( est.

He then returned to Gibraltar to meet Commodore Edward Preble, in Constitution, who was bringing a new squadron for action against the Barbary pirates.

The maritime strength of Nice now rapidly increased until it was able to cope with the Barbary pirates ; the fortifications were largely extended and the roads to the city improved.

French ship under attack by Barbary pirates, ca.

The Barbary corsairs were pirates and privateers that operated from North African ( the " Barbary Coast ") ports of Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli and ports in Morocco, preying on shipping in the western Mediterranean Sea from the time of the Crusades as well as on ships on their way to Asia around Africa until the early 19th century.

The Barbary pirates of North Africa as well as Ottomans were sometimes called " Turkish corsairs ".

In 1390 Genoa initiated a crusade against the Barbary pirates with help of the French and laid siege to Mahdia.

In an interesting recent development, an elderly trawler, TS Pelican, was fitted with what are thought to have been the unorthodox riggings used by the Barbary pirates in the 16th century.

After the American Revolution, The United States was left without Britain's protection in Mediterranean, thus the Washington and Adams administrations chose paying tribute to the Barbary states as a cost effective alternative to military action.

However, in the same year, mtDNA research revealed that a lion specimen from Neuwied Zoo ( which originated from the collection of the King of Morocco ) is not of sub-Saharan origin according to its mitochondrial lineage and, thus, very likely a descendant of a Barbary lion.

The increased tribute demand was refused, a United States of America naval force blockaded Tripoli, and the First Barbary War continued on until 3 June 1805 resulting in the repatriation of 300 US sailors and the first time the US flag had been raised in victory on foreign soil.

In 1541, while in Bologna, Vesalius uncovered the fact that all of Galen's research had been based upon animal anatomy rather than the human ; since dissection had been banned in ancient Rome, Galen had dissected Barbary Apes instead, and argued that they would be anatomically similar to humans.

Before that, contact with African slave markets was made to ransom Portuguese that had been captured by the intense North African Barbary pirate attacks on Portuguese ships and coastal villages, frequently leaving them depopulated.

A few Barbary corsairs, such as the Dutch Jan Janszoon and the English John Ward ( Muslim name Yusuf Reis ), were renegade European privateers who had converted to Islam.

On the United States ' suppression in the First Barbary War of the Muslim Barbary Pirates along the southern Mediterranean coast, who kidnapped Christians for ransom and slavery, Pope Pius VII declared that the United States “ had done more for the cause of Christianity than the most powerful nations of Christendom have done for ages .”

Sometimes the lions were depicted as being covered with leopard-like spots, leading some to think it a depiction of the extinct Barbary lion, which, unlike African species, had a spotted coat.

A large swath of River Street, known as the Barbary Coast for its taverns and boarding houses ( which had been home for many dockworkers, sailors, merchant marines, and other seamen ) was leveled as part of an urban renewal project.

Some say the sailor had fond memories of trips to North Africa, some have said he had a friend that had been captured by the Barbary Pirates and was imprisoned in old Mogador and others have speculated that popular literature of that era was the Arabian Nights and the mysterious markets on the North African coast.

His replacement was Jaco Pastorius, a virtuoso fretless bass guitarist from Florida who had been in touch with Zawinul for several years, and who came in to play on " Cannon Ball " and his own composition " Barbary Coast ".

Until 1838 the Norwegian flag was only used in Northern waters, as Norway had no treaty with the Barbary pirates of North Africa and had to fly the Swedish or union flag for protection.

Hopkins also had great success during the remainder of the decade with the romantic screwball comedy The Richest Girl in the World ( 1934 ), the historical drama Becky Sharp ( 1935 ), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, Barbary Coast ( 1935 ), These Three ( 1936 ) ( the first of four films with director William Wyler ) and The Old Maid ( 1939 ).

Privileges that the Americans had received from Britain automatically when they had colonial status ( including protection from pirates in the Mediterranean Sea in respect of which see: Barbary Wars ) were withdrawn.

Scholars have noted that many Moriscos joined the Barbary Corsairs, who had a network of bases from Morocco to Libya.

… I am a Kentish man, born in a town called Gillingham, two English miles from Rochester, one mile from Chatham, where the King's ships do lie: from the age of twelve years old, I was brought up in Limehouse near London, being Apprentice twelve years to Master Nicholas Diggins ; and myself have served for Master and Pilot in her Majesty's ships ; and about eleven or twelve years have served the Worshipfull Company of the Barbary Merchants, until the Indish traffic from Holland began, in which Indish traffic I was desirous to make a little experience of the small knowledge which God had given me.

Barbary Falcons breed at different times of year than neighboring Peregrine Falcon subspecies, but there are no postzygotic reproduction barriers in place.

However, in the years immediately following the Second Barbary War, there was no general European war.

Nor did age lessen his energy, for in 1550, aged 84, he again put to sea to confront the Barbary pirates, but with no great success.

The Barbary macaque (; Macaca sylvanus ), or common macaque, is a macaque with no tail.

Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the Royal Navy no longer needed the Barbary states as a source of supplies for Gibraltar and their fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.

"— 1914 cartoon by John T. McCutcheon showing no dancing even at the Barbary Coast, San Francisco, a demonstration the dance's dramatic decline in popularity.