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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits ; 24 cm
Description
Long before the Barbary pirates challenged Thomas Jefferson, English merchants traveled to Marrakesh to trade gunpowder for sugar. Islam and the West crossed paths much earlier than we think--and originally the Muslims had the upper hand. When Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the pope in 1570, she found herself in an awkward predicament. England had always depended on trade. Now its key markets were closed to her Protestant merchants, while the...
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