Corsair

Japanese: corsair
Corsair

…In the Mediterranean Sea at the same time, there was conflict between Christian European countries and the Islamic Ottoman Turks, but the Barbary pirates on the northwestern Barbary coast of Africa were the hidden power behind the Turkish navy. They were called corsairs, and their brutal tactics terrified Christians. The peak of the Barbary piracy was in the first half of the 16th century, when the Barbaros brothers were at the helm, but their descendants continued to commit piracy until the 19th century, when they were suppressed by the powerful naval forces of European countries. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "corsair" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…同時代の地中海では,キリスト教ヨーロッパ諸国とイスラム教オスマン・トルコとの対立抗争があったが,トルコ海軍の陰の力となったのがアフリカの北西バルバリア沿岸のバーバリー海賊である。彼らは〈コーセアcorsair〉と呼ばれ,その残忍な手口はキリスト教徒を震えおののかせていた。バーバリー海賊の最盛期は16世紀前半,バルバロス兄弟を首領としたころであるが,19世紀に入ってヨーロッパ諸国の強大な海軍力に制圧されるまで,その子孫による海賊行為はやまなかった。…

※「corsair」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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