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100 0  Ólafur Egilsson,|d1564-1639,|eauthor. 
240 10 Reisubók séra Ólafs Egilssonar.|lEnglish 
245 14 The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson :|bThe Story of 
       the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627 /|cÓlafur 
       Egilsson. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe Catholic 
       University of America Press,|c[2018] 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    1 online resource (282 pages) 
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520    A seventeenth-century minister tells his story of 
       abduction by pirates, and a solo journey from Algiers to 
       Copenhagen, in this remarkable historical text. In summer 
       1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens and 
       abducting almost four hundred people to sell into slavery 
       in Algiers. Among those taken was Lutheran minister Olafur
       Egilsson. Reverend Olafur-born in the same year as William
       Shakespeare and Galileo Galilei-wrote The Travels to 
       chronicle his experiences both as a captive and as a 
       traveler across Europe as he journeyed alone from Algiers 
       to Copenhagen in an attempt to raise funds to ransom the 
       Icelandic captives that remained behind. He was a keen 
       observer, and the narrative is filled with a wealth of 
       detail-social, political, economic, religious-about both 
       the Maghreb and Europe. It is also a moving story on the 
       human level: We witness a man enduring great personal 
       tragedy and struggling to reconcile such calamity with his
       understanding of God. The Travels is the first-ever 
       English translation of the Icelandic text. Until now, the 
       corsair raid on Iceland has remained largely unknown in 
       the English-speaking world. To give a clearer sense of the
       extraordinary events connected with that raid, this 
       edition of The Travels includes not only Reverend Olafur's
       first-person narrative but also a collection of 
       contemporary letters describing both the events of the 
       raid itself and the conditions under which the enslaved 
       Icelanders lived. Also included are appendices containing 
       background information on the cities of Algiers and Salé 
       in the seventeenth century, on Iceland in the seventeenth 
       century, on the manuscripts accessed for the translation, 
       and on the book's early modern European context. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 00 Ólafur Egilsson,|d1564-1639|xCaptivity, 1627. 
600 00 Ólafur Egilsson,|d1564-1639|xTravel. 
650  0 Slavery|zAfrica, North|xHistory|y17th century. 
650  0 Pirates|zAfrica, North|xHistory|y17th century. 
650  0 Lutheran Church|zIceland|xClergy|vBiography. 
650  7 HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Algiers (Algeria)|xSocial life and customs|y17th century. 
651  0 Westman Islands (Iceland)|xHistory|y17th century. 
651  0 Livorno (Italy)|xSocial life and customs|y17th century. 
651  0 Europe|xDescription and travel|vEarly works to 1800. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
700 0  Karl Smári Hreinsson,|eeditor. 
700 1  Nichols, Adam,|d1952-|eeditor. 
700 0  Karl SmaÌri Hreinsson. 
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