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
Magliana, Castle of, 140.
Mahan, Rear-Admiral, his books on “Sea Power,” 14.
Mahomedi, banished from Constantinople, 43,
his sons, 43.
Mahomet, result of his death, 286.
Mahomet II., Caliph, captures Constantinople, 33,
fortifies the Dardanelles, 34;
defeated Rhodes, 38;
death, 38.
Majorca, 172.
Malipier, Captain, at the battle of Lepanto, 369.
Malta, siege of, 6, 22, 299–305, 324–342,
number of deaths, 300;
position, 315;
expedition against, 316;
preparations for the siege, 318–321.
Malta, Knights of, _see_ Knights
_Marquesa_, the galley, 371.
Marsa Muzetto harbour, 325, 331.
Marsaquivir, attack on, 10.
Maura, Santa, island of, 207, 271.
Mecca, 4.
Medina-Celi, Juan la Cerda, Duke of, expedition against Tripoli, 311.
Medran, Chevalier Gonzales de, at the siege of St. Elmo, 327, 332, 335.
Mehedia, 251.
Melac, Commandeur Gozon de, 312.
Mendoza, Bernard de, in command of La Goletta, 166.
Mendoza, Don Luis Hurtado de, 143.
Messina, 180, 278, 359.
Minorca, 172.
Mitylene, island of, 43.
Monastir, 2, 250.
Moncada, Don Hugo de, Viceroy of Sicily, 80,
escapes to Iviza, 82;
defeated and slain, 101.
Mondejar, Marquis de, 143.
Monferrato, Monastery of Nuestra Señora de, pilgrimages to, 150, 357.
Monte Cristo island, 113.
Montmorency, Anne de, 281.
Monuc, the eunuch, 206.
Moors, their characteristics, 4,
expulsion from Granada, 8, 29;
their condition in Algiers, 63.
Morea, the, 355, 366.
Morgan, Sir Henry, his capture of Panama, 24.
Morgan, J., his _Compleat History of Algiers_, 243, 250, 345.
Moriscoes, their persecutions, 5,
revolt in Granada, 347.
Mosca, Lodovico del, 39.
Moslem corsairs, their cupidity, 3,
driven out of Spain, 4, 29;
characteristics, 4, 67, 241;
fanaticism, 5, 17;
supremacy on the sea, 8;
frequent defeats, 10;
tyranny, 11;
ships, 18;
booty, 24;
cruel methods, 24, 32;
retrogression, 239;
mode of commencing their careers, 240;
conquer Palestine, 286;
at the siege of Malta, 300;
number of deaths, 300.
Motte, Chevalier de la, at the siege of St. Elmo, 327.
Mourad-Reis, 201.
Moustafa-Billah, Caliph, 287.
Muley Hamid, negotiations with, 330.
Muley Hassan, King of Tunis, 130, 137,
restored to his kingdom, 161;
terms of his vassalage, 162.
Mustafa, in command of the land forces against Malta, 316, 322,
captures Famagusta, 362.
Naples, seized, 40,
invasion of, 90;
reception of Don John of Austria at, 358.
Navarro, Count Pedro de, seizes the town of Bougie, 55,
captures Algiers, 62, 64;
his Tower, 64.
Navarro’s Tower, siege of, 65, 67, 91–95,
captured, 95;
pulled down, 97.
Nef, the, 18, 232.
Negropont, Bailli of, at the siege of Malta, 326, 332, 333,
killed, 341.
Nunez, Martin, his embassy to the Pope, 163.
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