Project Gutenberg 2016-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 144 Riese, Otto 1697 1779 Oluf, Hark 1708 1754 Olufs, Harck Noodt, Hermann Harck Olufs aus der Insul Amron im Stifte Ripen in Jütland, gebürtig, sonderbare Avanturen, so sich mit ihm insonderheit zu Constantine und an andern Orten in Africa zugetragen. Produced by Peter Becker, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This transcription was produced from images generously made available by Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt. "Harck Olufs aus der Insul Amron im Stifte Ripen in Jütland, gebürtig,…" is an autobiographical account by the author Harck Olufs, likely written in the early 18th century. This narrative details his remarkable adventures as he transitions from being a youth in his home island to a life of servitude and military engagement in North Africa, particularly focusing on his time in Ottoman territories. The book highlights themes of fate, survival, and spirituality against a backdrop of cultural encounters. The story recounts the experiences of Harck Olufs, who at a young age aspired to be a seaman but finds himself captured by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery. He serves under various masters, ultimately gaining respect and position due to his capability and learned languages. The account delves into his interactions with local populations, the complexities of war between different factions, and his eventual escape back to Europe after numerous hardships. Through vivid depictions of his environment and reflections on faith, Olufs illustrates his journey not just as a physical odyssey across continents, but also as a profound internal exploration of belief and resilience against oppression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. de Oluf, Hark, 1708-1754 Enslaved persons -- Africa, North -- Biography HT Text Category: Biographies Category: Adventure Category: History - Other Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 84777 2025-09-21T06:32:49.397183 text/html 58747 2024-10-23T00:56:48 text/html 223597 2025-09-21T06:32:51.656176 application/epub+zip 222726 2025-09-21T06:32:49.967174 application/epub+zip 84635 2025-09-21T06:32:49.683190 application/epub+zip 264799 2025-09-21T06:32:53.066185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252431 2025-09-21T06:32:51.362185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114766 2022-09-24T00:31:47.197360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 69412 2025-09-21T06:32:49.208226 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49013 2024-10-23T00:56:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18092 2025-09-21T06:32:53.199148 application/rdf+xml 21347 2025-09-21T06:32:49.742184 image/jpeg 3453 2025-09-21T06:32:49.713161 image/jpeg 205753 2025-09-21T06:32:49.414202 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia