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Series: |
History of the native country |
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Timeframe: |
Civilians and steam engines |
Scene of action: |
Algiers |
Illustrator: |
Eichman, J.H. en Altmann, H.; T.C. Bruining, del. |
Publisher: |
L. de Fouw, Goes |
Year of publication: |
1856 |
Themes: |
Algiers was infamous as a pirate nest which made the Mediterranean Sea unsafe. To restrict the influence of the Algerian piracy , the State General sent several war ships to the Mediterranean Sea in 1815. With assistance of English ships a large part of the city was set on fire.