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Corsairs: Conquest at Sea is a 1999 strategy/action/adventure game for the PC, developed and published by Microïds (known for Syberia and its continuation Syberia II). The game is a simulation of the life of a privateer employed by either England, France, the Netherlands or Spain in, most likely, the 17th century. The player can take part in ...
Tolkien's Corsairs were inspired by the Barbary Pirates or Corsairs of the North African coast. [1] Map by Jan Janssonius, c. 1650. Harad is a large land in the south of Middle-earth, bordered to the north by (from west to east) the lands of Gondor, Mordor, Khand and Rhûn.
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG, and Brewster, designated F3A.
The most famous of the corsairs in North Africa were the Barbarossa brothers, Aruj and Khayr al-Din. They, and two less well-known brothers all became Barbary corsairs in the service of the Ottoman Empire who later became "Kings" when they established a new state in the Maghreb known as the Ottoman Regency of Algiers. [42]
Corsair (Major Christopher Summers, USAF) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a star-faring outlaw who leads the Starjammers , the father of X-Men members Cyclops and Havok , and the supervillain Vulcan , and the grandfather of Cable , Spider-Girl , and Rachel Summers .
The Corsair Deluxe was initially offered with the larger 60 bhp (45 kW), single-carburettor, 1.5 L Kent engine that was also used in the smaller Cortina, and the Corsair GT came with the same 78 bhp (58 kW), 1.5-litre engine as the Cortina GT. The car received positive reviews from motoring journalists, with some reservations about the dash ...