Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net The Story of the Nations THE STORY OF THE BARBARY CORSAIRS BY STANLEY LANE-POOLE. AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF LORD STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE," "TURKEY," "THE MOORS IN SPAIN," ETC., ETC. WITH THE COLLABORATION OF LIEUT. J. D. JERROLD KELLEY, U.S. NAVY NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN 1890 COPYRIGHT BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 1890 _Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_ BY T. FISHER UNWIN Press of G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS New York THE STORY OF THE NATIONS 12MO, ILLUSTRATED. PER VOL., $1.50 THE EARLIER VOLUMES ARE THE STORY OF GREECE. By Prof. Jas. A. Harrison THE STORY OF ROME. By Arthur Gilman THE STORY OF THE JEWS. By Prof. Jas. K. Hosmer THE STORY OF CHALDEA. By Z. A. Ragozin THE STORY OF GERMANY. By S. Baring-Gould THE STORY OF NORWAY. By Prof. H. H. Boyesen THE STORY OF SPAIN. By E. E. and Susan Hale THE STORY OF HUNGARY. By Prof. A. Vámbéry THE STORY OF CARTHAGE. By Prof. Alfred J. Church THE STORY OF THE SARACENS. By Arthur Gilman THE STORY OF THE MOORS IN SPAIN. By Stanley Lane-Poole THE STORY OF THE NORMANS. By Sarah O. Jewett THE STORY OF PERSIA. By S. G. W. Benjamin THE STORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT. By Geo. Rawlinson THE STORY OF ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. By Prof. J. P. Mahaffy THE STORY OF ASSYRIA. By Z. A. Ragozin THE STORY OF IRELAND. By Hon. Emily Lawless THE STORY OF THE GOTHS. By Henry Bradley THE STORY OF TURKEY. By Stanley Lane-Poole THE STORY OF MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. By Z. A. Ragozin THE STORY OF MEDIÆVAL FRANCE. By Gustave Masson THE STORY OF MEXICO. By Susan Hale THE STORY OF HOLLAND. By James E. Thorold Rogers THE STORY OF PHŒNICIA. By George Rawlinson THE STORY OF THE HANSA TOWNS. By Helen Zimmern For prospectus of the series see end of this volume. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON [Illustration: ALGIERS, 1700. (_From a Map in the British Museum._)] CONTENTS. _INTRODUCTION._ I. PAGES THE REVENGE OF THE MOORS. 3-13 Centuries of piracy, 3--The Moslems take to the sea, 4--African fleets, 7--Effects of the expulsion of the Moors from Spain, 8--The delights of piracy, 9--Retaliation of the Moors, 10--Don Pedro Navarro, 12--The building of the Peñon de Alger, 13. II. THE LAND OF THE CORSAIRS. 14-27