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
Cornillan, Pierre de, appointed Grand Master of the Knights
of St. John, 298.
Coron, 355.
Coronado, Capt. Juan Vasquez, 273.
Corsairs, Moslem, their iron and rigid discipline, 7.
_See_ Moslem
Corsica, coast of, 246.
Corso, Mami, left in charge of Algiers, 349.
Cos, or Lango, island of, fortifications of, 292.
Curtogali, at Bizerta, 40,
his depredations, 41;
attempt to carry off the Pope, 41, 140;
Governor of Rhodes, 42.
Cyprus, island of, 34, 356.
Daoud Pasha, Admiral, defeats Grimani, 38.
Dardanelles, 116,
fortification of the, 34.
Daru, P., _Histoire de Venise_, 364, 367.
Delizuff, joins forces with Barbarossa, 112,
killed, 113.
Diou-Donnè, Gozon de, his mode of killing a serpent, 294–296,
praises of his services, 297;
appointed Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, 298;
his death, 298.
Doria Andrea, 6, 22, 108,
his birth, 98;
parents, 98;
sent to Rome, 98;
at the court of Urbino, 99;
in the service of the King of Aragon, 99;
joins Roverejo, 99;
takes service with Lodovico Sforza, 100;
appointed General of the Galleys, 100;
captures the Fort of the Lantern, 100;
defeats Cadolin, 100;
appointed Captain-General of the Galleys of France, 101;
the treatment of Francis I., 102, 104;
letter to him, 103;
joins Charles V., 105;
honours received from Genoa, 105;
Admiralissimo of the Navy, 107, 151;
defeats the Turks at Patras, 109;
at Barcelona, 148;
captures Bona, 166;
pursuit of Barbarossa, 166;
defeats Ali-Chabelli, 180;
wounded, 180;
appearance, 180;
age, 190;
his fleet, 192;
anchors outside the Gulf of Arta, 194–207;
at Sessola, 207;
tactics at the battle of Prevesa, 214;
sails away, 216;
ordered to capture Dragut, 261, 271;
his pursuit of him, 262–264;
expedition against “Africa,” 265;
blockades Dragut at Jerbah, 271–275;
allows him to escape, 275.
Doria, David, 99.
Doria, Dominique, 98.
Doria, Franco, 192.
Doria, Jannetin, captures Dragut, 245–247.
Doria, John, 165.
Doria, John Andrea, at the battle of Lepanto, 363, 367, 370.
Doria, Philippin, defeats Moncada, 101.
Dragut-Reis, 10, 14, 22,
his birth and parents, 242;
career, 242;
offers his services to Barbarossa, 243;
in command of twelve galleys, 243;
his destruction ordered, 245, 261;
captured by Jannetin Doria, 245–247;
employed as a galley slave, 248;
ransomed, 248;
increase of power, 250;
his desire to capture “Africa,” 251;
plot with Ibrahim Amburac, 253;
preparations for the attack, 254–256;
wounded, 257;
attack on the city, 257–259;
pursued by Andrea Doria, 262–264, 271;
his “Horrid Devastations,” 264;
in the siege of “Africa,” 265;
escapes, 267;
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