Description: Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs by Gardner W. Allen Houghton Mifflin, 1905 First edition. Blue cloth over boards with gold titling on spine. Beautiful image of a Barbary ship stamped in gold on front cover. Illustrated. Gilded top edge. With 16 illustrations, including a map. No jacket. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Riveting tales of pirates, captives, white slavery, and sea battles. Until the American Declaration of Independence in 1776, British treaties with the North African states protected American ships from the Barbary corsairs. Morocco, which in 1777 was the first independent nation to publicly recognize the United States, in 1784 became the first Barbary power to seize an American vessel after the nation achieved independence.[citation needed] The Barbary threat led directly to the United States founding the United States Navy in March 1794. While the United States did secure peace treaties with the Barbary states, it was obliged to pay tribute for protection from attack. The burden was substantial: from 1795, the annual tribute paid to the Regency of Algiers amounted to 20% of United States federal government's annual expenditures. D2
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Boston & New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
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Author: Gardner W. Allen
Region: North America
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Topic: Naval Warfare
Subject: History
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