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23 Jun 11
An eyewitness account of the first day of Barbarossa from the BBC "Witness" podcast series:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/witness/witness_20110622-1030a.mp3
The "Witness" podcast homepage:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/witness
Each one is about 9 minutes long.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungWasnt he just doing to the Spanish in the Med what Drake, Rayleigh and other English Privateers were doing to the Spanish in the Caribean?
Was he a man worthy of admiration?
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52764/Barbarossa
In fact wasnt there some collusion betwen the Barbary and Caribbean Pirates?
(or I have been watching too many old Hollywood swashbucklers?)