Barbary
Barbary was a region in North Africa. (TV: War of the Sontarans [+]Loading...["War of the Sontarans (TV story)"])
From the 16th century to as late as 1830, Barbary corsairs robbed ships in the Mediterranean Sea. The most notorious of these were Arouj and Kheireddin Barbarossa. (PROSE: Doctor Who Discovers Pirates [+]Loading...["Doctor Who Discovers Pirates (novel)"]) Miguel de Cervantes was once captured by Barbary corsairs for five years until his family was able to raise a ransom. (AUDIO: The Flames of Cadiz [+]Loading...["The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)"])
In 1645, a soldier in Edinburgh said that Bill Potts looked Barbary to him and suggested that she came off a ship in Leith. (PROSE: Plague City [+]Loading...["Plague City (novel)"])
It was depicted on the British map in 1855. (TV: War of the Sontarans [+]Loading...["War of the Sontarans (TV story)"])
