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
at Constantinople, 269, 276;
denounced by Charles V., 270;
appointed Sandjak, or governor, of the island of Santa Maura, 271;
blockaded at Jerban, 271–275;
mode of escape, 275;
hatred of the Knights of Malta, 276, 286;
autocrat of Tripoli, 309;
characteristics, 315;
at the siege of Malta, 329–339;
mortally wounded, 339;
death, 341.
Dupuy, Raimond, joins the Hospice of St. John, 288,
appointed Grand Master, 289;
forms a military corps, 289.
Eginard, 286.
Egypt, Soldan of, his treatment of the Knights of Saint John, 34,
besieges Rhodes, 36.
Elmo, St., siege of, 6, 301–305, 323–341,
appeal of the garrison to abandon the fortress, 335–337;
their use of fireworks, 339;
fall, 341.
Escalente, Bernardino de, his “Diálogos del arte militar,” 371.
Esquemelin, John, his literary labours, 1.
Etienne, St., Mount, 294.
Eutemi, Selim, besieges Algiers, 65,
assassinated, 68.
Exmouth, Lord, bombards Algiers,30.
Famagusta, captured, 362.
Ferdinand V., King of Spain, joins the “Alliance of Christian
Princes,” 38,
his death, 65.
_Florence_, the, 236.
Floreta, M. de., 144.
Forfait, on the speed of the galley, 234.
Francis I., 14,
appoints Andrea Doria Captain of his fleet, 101;
attempts to levy a fine, 102;
treatment of him, 102;
fortifies Savona, 103;
letter from Andrea Doria, 103;
attempts to take him prisoner, 104;
refuses to join in the war against Barbarossa, 144;
treachery, 144.
Fundi, 134,
sacked by the corsairs, 136.
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