Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery
Book description
During the early modern period, hundreds of Turks and Moors traded in English and Welsh ports, dazzled English society with exotic cuisine and Arabian horses, and worked small jobs in London, while the "Barbary Corsairs" raided coastal towns and, if captured, lingered in Plymouth jails or stood trial in Southampton…
Why read it?
1 author picked Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A comprehensive and helpful survey of English attitudes to the peoples from the Ottoman Empire and North Africa, written in straightforward English with a host of helpful quotations and historical analyses.
A reliable guide to English encounters with peoples from the southern Mediterranean, as they sought to dominate what was then the most strategically important area of the world.
From Andrew's list on early English travel writing.
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