US Navy anti-piracy operations in the Aegean Sea in 1827, Engraving by Rouargue.
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Engraving by Rouargue after a drawing by Decamps. This document deals with the United States Navy's campaign against Greek pirates who interfered with American shipping in the Aegean during the second decade of the 19th century. This campaign was not particularly important in the overall history of the U.S. Navy, nor did it strongly influence subsequent Greek-American naval relations. Nevertheless, it illustrates some key aspects of the nature of the Greek War of Independence and of the North American republic that had gained its independence less than half a century earlier. During the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829), the rise of piracy in the Aegean led the United States to send a squadron to combat Greek pirates, which operated between May 1825 and December 1828. It has a water stain in the upper left corner. Dimensions: 27x17.7 cm.
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Engraving by Rouargue after a drawing by Decamps. This document deals with the United States Navy's campaign against Greek pirates who interfered with American shipping in the Aegean during the second decade of the 19th century. This campaign was not particularly important in the overall history of the U.S. Navy, nor did it strongly influence subsequent Greek-American naval relations. Nevertheless, it illustrates some key aspects of the nature of the Greek War of Independence and of the North American republic that had gained its independence less than half a century earlier. During the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829), the rise of piracy in the Aegean led the United States to send a squadron to combat Greek pirates, which operated between May 1825 and December 1828. It has a water stain in the upper left corner. Dimensions: 27x17.7 cm.