Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairsCurrey, E. Hamilton (Edward Hamilton)
History
Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairs
Currey, E. Hamilton (Edward Hamilton)
Africa, North -- History; Pirates
winters at Alexandria, 49;
at the island of Jerba, 50;
joined by his brother, 50;
treaty with the Sultan of Tunis, 51;
attackes _The Galley of Naples_, 51–54;
wounded, 54;
attacks on Bougie, 55, 58;
loses an arm, 55;
appeal from the Algerines, 66;
treatment of Kara-Hassan, 66;
besieges Navarre’s Tower, 67;
slaughters the Berbers, 68–70;
defeats Don Diego, 71;
marches on Tlemcen, 72;
blockaded, 73;
killed, 73.
Barbary, coast of, 236.
Barbary, corsairs of, their character, 21.
Barbezieux, his attempt to seize Andrea Doria, 104.
Barcelona, 148, 357.
Bazan, Don Alvaro de, General of the Galleys of Spain,
at Barcelona, 149,
Admiral of Castile, 359.
Beachy Head, battle of, 283.
Beja, 350.
Bengabara, Alcaid, 349.
Berber tribes, their character, 57,
number, 57;
conspiracy against Uruj Barbarossa, 68;
slaughtered, 69.
Bergerac, Jean Marteille de, on the treatment of slaves on board the
galleys, 224.
Bianco, Cape, 189.
Biba, island of, 113.
Bizerta, 2, 40,
captured, 41;
massacre of, 141.
Boabdil el Chico, yields up Granada, 29.
Bona, 153, 164, 350,
Cape, 264.
Bonifacio, Straits of, 113, 136.
Borgo, Il, fortress, siege of, 32, 324, 342.
Bosworth, battle of, 215.
Botaybo, Alcaid, 349.
Bougaroni, Cape, 56.
Bougie, 2, 153,
attacks on, 55, 58.
Bouillon, Godfrey de, defeats the Saracens, 287.
Bourdeille, Pierre de, 242, 344.
Bragadino, his defence of Famagusta, 362,
killed, 362.
Brigantines, 18, 151, 240.
Broglio, Commandeur, at the siege of Malta, 333.
Byzacena, 40.
Byzantine, Empire, fall of the, 33.
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