Piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Maritime Marauders in the Greek and Ottoman Aegean

by Leonidas Mylonakis

Book Overview

Did British, French and Russian gunboats pacify the notoriously corsair-infested waters of the Eastern Mediterranean? This book charts the changing rates and nature of piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean in the nineteenth century. Using Ottoman, Greek and other archival sources, it shows that far from ending with the introduction European powers to the region, piracy continued unabated. The book shows that political reforms and changes in the regional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755643607
• ISBN13: 9780755643608
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"