Cervantes captive in Algiers
1575–1580 · Event
Captured by Barbary corsairs on his way home from the wars, Cervantes spends five years as a slave in Algiers, attempting four escapes, until Trinitarian friars ransom him.
On these timelines: Spain, North Africa, Master
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