/library/oar/handle/123456789/11205 2025-12-23T08:20:26Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/8396 Title: Bil-qala u l-moqdief 1 : program 18 Abstract: Chev Dr Charles Xuereb talks with Liam Gauci, the curator of the Maritime Museum, about the corsairs or privateers, especially those operating along the southern shore of the Mediterranean in the 16th–18th centuries. A privateer (sometimes called corsair or buccaneer) was a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign vessels during wartime, and take them as prizes. Captured ships were subject to condemnation and sale under prize law, with the proceeds divided between the privateer shipowners and crew. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors as naval auxiliaries. Description: A series of programmes focusing on important individuals that arrived in Malta by sea in olden times from places that has shared our ancient culture. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/8395 Title: Bil-qala u l-moqdief 1 : program 17 Abstract: Chev Dr Charles Xuereb talks with Prof Carmel Cassar about Luca de Armenia. Luca de Armenia was a 16th-century Maltese notable who came from a family of corsairs who attacked Muslim Maghrebi shipping. He was the son of Antonio de Armenia, who served as Vice Portulano of the Maltese Islands in 1527. Antonio had two sons, Fra Leone, a Dominican preacher, and Luca. Description: A series of programmes focusing on important individuals that arrived in Malta by sea in olden times from places that has shared our ancient culture. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/8394 Title: Bil-qala u l-moqdief 1 : program 16 Abstract: Chev Dr Charles Xuereb talks with Dr Giovanni Bonello about Pietro della Valle (1586-1652), an Italian who traveled throughout Asia during the Renaissance period. His travels took him to the Holy Land, the Middle East, Northern Africa, and as far as India. Description: A series of programmes focusing on important individuals that arrived in Malta by sea in olden times from places that has shared our ancient culture. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/8393 Title: Bil-qala u l-moqdief 1 : program 15 Abstract: Chev Dr Charles Xuereb talks with Dr Magda Baraka about her country Egypt and the events taking place in that country at the time of recording. Description: A series of programmes focusing on important individuals that arrived in Malta by sea in olden times from places that has shared our ancient culture. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z