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The Black Corsair

1898 novel by Emilio Salgari
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The Black Corsair
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Summary

The Black Corsair is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (741 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Emilio Salgari[3]
  • Genre: adventure fiction[4], pirate fiction[5]
  • Followed by: The Queen of the Caribbean[6]
  • Part of the series: Corsairs of the Antilles series[7]
  • Language of work or name: Italian[8]
  • Country of origin: Italy[9]
  • Inception: 1898[10]
  • Publication date: 1898[11]
  • Characters: The Black Corsair[12]
  • Has edition or translation: Q108308527[13], Q21003802[14]
  • Narrative location: Мар Карибе (Матаморос)[15]
  • Title: Il corsaro nero[16]
  • Copyright status: public domain[17]
  • Form of creative work: novel[18]

Why It Matters

The Black Corsair has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Emilio Salgari Italy literary work public domain

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'en', 'es', 'hr', 'it', 'pt', 'ru']
    Bookbrainz work id → 59d7a4bc-4f24-4b13-82c3-14a1cd957ea5
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  2. 11w ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Narrative location → Мар Карибе (Матаморос)
    Form of creative work → novel
    Author → Emilio Salgari
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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