Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairs

by E. Hamilton Currey

INDEX

• Abdahar, [141].
• Abu-Abd-Allah-Mahomed, [40].
• Actium, battle of, [189], [199], [366].
• Adam, Prince Philippe Villiers L’Isle, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, [42], [124], [299].
• Adorno, Antony, [103].
• Adriatic, coasts of the, [182].
• Adrumentum, [251].
• “Africa,” town of, position and fortifications, [251],
  • attacked and taken by Dragut, [257]–259;
  • besieged by Andrea Doria, [265];
  • captured, [267];
  • mutiny, [268];
  • blown up, [268].
• Ahmed, Arab, Basha of Algiers, [375],
  • assassinated, [375].
• Albania, coast of, [363], [366].
• Al-Burdon, [350].
• Alcadaar, Alcaid, [349].
• Alcala, Duke of, [311].
• Alcala de Henares, [371].
• Alcaudite, Count of, his defence of Marzaquivir, [10].
• Aldemar, St., Geoffrey de, [291].
• Aleppo, [120], [125].
• Alexander IV., Pope, [290].
• Alexander VI., Pope, [99].
• Alexander VII., Pope, initiates the “Alliance of Christian Princes,” [38].
• Alexandria, [49].
• “Alexandria, The Young Moor of,” defeated, [177],
  • released, [178].
• Alfonso, King of Navarre and Aragon, [291].
• Alghieri, Bay of, [235].
• Algiers, [2],
  • attacks on, [30], [88];
  • captured, [62], [64];
  • Moorish refugees at, [63];
  • appeal for help, [66];
  • surrenders, [89];
  • mutiny of Janissaries, [355];
  • treaty with King Charles II., [377].
• Ali Ahamed, Admiral of Algiers, [345].
• Ali, at the siege of Malta, [328].
• Ali Basha, or Occhiali or Uluchali, [6], [14], [22],
  • present at the conference held by Soliman, [316];
  • his birthplace, [345];
  • endures the life of a galley-slave, [345];
  • becomes a Mussulman, [346];
  • enters the service of Dragut, [346];
  • at the siege of Malta, [346];
  • appointed Viceroy of Tripoli, [347];
  • Governor of Algiers, [347];
  • view of his duties, [347];
  • offered the sovereignty of Tunis, [349];
  • expedition against Hamid, [349];
  • captures Tunis, [350], [375];
  • captures galleys of the Knights, [352]–355;
  • at the battle of Lepanto, [363], [368]–371;
  • his banner, [368];
  • captures the Capitana, [370];
  • withdraws and escapes, [371];
  • returns to Constantinople, [373], [375];
  • nominated Admiralissimo, [374];
  • his palace, [375];
  • ailment of “scald-head,” [375];
  • death, [376].
• Ali Basha, in command of the Turkish forces, [361],
  • at the battle of Lepanto, [367];
  • beheaded, [369].
• Ali-Chabelli defeated, [180].
• Al-Mehedi, his fortifications of “Africa” blown up, [268].
• Amalfi, [287].
• Ambracian Gulf, [189].
• Amburac, Ibrahim, his plot with Dragut, [253], [256].
• Ampasta, Rio de, [83].
• An, Rev. Frere Pierre d’, on the dangers from the corsairs of
  • Barbary, [20]–22, [27].
• Andalusia, [4], [15].
• Andior, [246].
• Andrade, Captain Diego de, [73].
• Andros, island of, [187].
• Angelo, Michel, [139].
• Aponte, Antonio de, “Electo Mayor” of “Africa,” [268].
• Aragon, Alfonso d’, [235].
• Aragon, Ferdinand of, acquires Granada, [29],
  • attempts to recover Naples, [99].
• Arba, Francisco d’, [210], [217].
• Archipelago, islands of the, [182],
  • raid on, [187].
• Arta, Gulf of, [189], [191], [195], [366].
• Aubusson Pierre D’, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, [37], [38], [39], [298].
• Augustus Caesar, at the battle of Actium, [189], [199].
• Austria, Don John of, [23], [230],
  • in command of the forces of the “Holy League,” [357];
  • at Barcelona, [357];
  • reception at Naples, [358];
  • dress, [358];
  • appearance, [359], [365];
  • at Messina, [359];
  • his fleet, [364];
  • instructions, [365];
  • at the battle of Lepanto, [366]–371;
  • recaptures Tunis, [375].
    
• Baetio, [141].
• Bairan-Ogli, the Reis, in command of the “puissant galleon,” [313].
• Balearic Islands, [32], [66].
• Barbarigo, Provéditeur, at the battle of Lepanto, [363].
• Barbarossa, Hassan, left in charge of Algiers, [312].
• Barbarossa, Khoyr-ed-Din, [6], [14], [17], [22], [108],
  • King of the Sea, [24];
  • his birth, [43];
  • title, [45], [51];
  • joins his brother at the island of Jerba, [50];
  • attacks The Galley of Naples, [51]–54;
  • his wealth, [56];
  • captures Jigelli, [56]–58;
  • his embassy to Soliman, [60], [76];
  • character, [67], [75], [114]–116, [127], [219];
  • treatment of Hassan, [85]–87;
  • defeated by Venalcadi, [87];
  • his allies, [88];
  • fight against Venalcadi, [88];
  • assisted by Spanish captives, [89];
  • captures Algiers, [89];
  • lays siege to the fortress of Navarro, [92]–95;
  • his plunder of the Christians, [108];
  • requested to take the command of the Ottoman fleet, [111];
  • voyage to Constantinople, [112]–117;
  • his captures, [113], [133];
  • cruelty, [115], [133], [220];
  • entry into Constantinople, [117];
  • gifts to Soliman, [118];
  • reception, [120];
  • at Aleppo, [125];
  • appointed head of the fleet, [127];
  • his age, [127], [190];
  • appearance, [127];
  • speech to the Sultan, [128]–130;
  • raids on the coast of Italy, [133]–137;
  • sacks Reggio, [133];
  • captures 11,000 Christian slaves, [133];
  • his attempt to capture Julia Gonzaga, [134]–136;
  • enters Tunis [138];
  • massacre of the inhabitants, [141];
  • his fame, [142];
  • appeal for help against the Christian hosts, [146];
  • preparations for defence, [152];
  • joined by the tribesmen, [153];
  • defeated, [158];
  • flight, [159];
  • sufferings of his army, [163];
  • at Bona, [164];
  • embarks, [165];
  • retires to Algiers, [168];
  • return of his men, [169];
  • captures the castle of Minorca, [172];
  • recalled to Constantinople, [173], [178], [182];
  • ravages, [182];
  • number of slaves, [182];
  • sets sail, [185];
  • his innovation in the manning of galleys, [185]–187;
  • raid on the islands of the Archipelago, [187];
  • his age, [190];
  • hesitates to fight, [193];
  • anchored in the Gulf of Arta, [194]–207;
  • at the battle of Prevesa, [208]–216;
  • withdraws from the battle, [213], [215], [217];
  • his death, [220], [250];
  • ransoms Dragut, [248].
• Barbarossa, Uruj, [7], [74],
  • his birth, [43];
  • character, [44];
  • first attempt at piracy, [45];
  • taken prisoner, [46];
  • escapes, [47], [48];
  • presented with a ship, [48];
  • 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].
  
• Cabri, [246].
• Cachidiablo, [88], [90].
• Cadiz, [4].
• Cadolin, defeated, [100].
• Cagliari, Bay of, [152], [236].
• Calabria, [345].
• Calibia, castle of, surrender, [264].
• Canale, Girolame, his victory over the Moslems, [177].
• Candia, [187].
• Cañete, Marquis de, Viceroy and Captain General of Navarre, [147].
• Cantara, La Bocca de, [272], [274].
• Capello, Vicenzo, his age, [190],
  • in command of the Venetian fleet, [191], [215];
  • at Corfu, [191].
• Capitana, the, captured, [354], [370],
  • retaken, [371].
• Capua, Prior of, his designs for the building of St. Elmo fortress, [325].
• Caracosa, Marie, [98].
• Caramania, coast of, [35], [37], [45], [48].
• Caravajal, Don Luys de Marmol, his “Descripcion general de Affrica,” [272].
• Caravels, [231].
• Carouan, [348].
• Castel Rosso, Isle of, [47].
• Castile, Isabella of, [29].
• Castriot, Constantine, his report on the condition of St. Elmo, [337].
• Centurion, Adan, fails to attack Barbarossa, [165].
• Cephalonia, [313], [363], [366].
• Cervantes, Miguel de, his mention of Ali Basha, [345],
  • at the battle of Lepanto, [371];
  • his wounds, [372].
• Charabulac, [242].
• Charlemagne, Emperor, his renown, [286].
• Charles II., King of England, his treaty with Algiers, [377].
• Charles V., Emperor, [14], [79],
  • history of, [43];
  • determines to crush the corsairs, [80];
  • total fleet and army, 81,191;
  • caught in a storm, [82];
  • his wrath on the fall of Navarro, [97];
  • acquisitions, [98];
  • suzerain of Genoa, [101];
  • joined by Andrea Doria, [105];
  • his trust in him, [107];
  • preparations for his attack on Barbarossa, [143];
  • at Barcelona, [148];
  • joined by his allies, [148]–150;
  • reviews the armada, [150];
  • embarks in the Galera Capitana, [150];
  • attack on the fortress of La Goletta, [156];
  • defeats Barbarossa, [159];
  • letter to the potentates, [163];
  • evacuates Tunis, [166];
  • his mistaken policy, [167];
  • at Corfu, [191];
  • orders the destruction of Dragut, [245], [261];
  • orders the capture of “Africa,” [265];
  • denunciation of Dragut, [271];
  • concentrates his fleet at Messina, [278].
• “Christian Princes, Alliance of,” formed, [38],
  • artillery, [39];
  • seize Naples, [40].
• Christian slaves, number of, captured, [133].
• Città Notabile, [308].
• Civita Lavinia, [140].
• Coeva, Andrea, [98].
• Colonna, Camille, taken prisoner, [101].
• Colonna, Mark Antony, in command of the Papal fleet, [360], [364].
• Colonna, Vespasian, [134].
• Columbus, his caravels, [231].
• Comares, Marquis de, [80].
• Condalmiero, Alessandro, Captain of the Galleon of Venice, [192], [194],
  • attacked by the Moslems, [209]–213;
  • his victory, [213].
• Constantine, [350].
• Constantinople, fall of, [33],
  • entry of Barbarossa into, [117].
• Còrdoba, Don Martin de, his defence of Oran, [10].
• Còrdoba, Gonsalvo de, the “Great Captain,” [39],
  • war against Roverejo, [99];
  • besieges the fortress of Rocca Guillelma, [99].
• Còrdoba, Mosque at, [64].
• Corfu, siege of, [179].
• Cornet, Commandeur de, [337].
• 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];
  • 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].
    
• Galeasse, the, [18],
  • description of a, [233].
• Galera Capitana, [150],
  • number of flags and banners on board, [151].
• Galleon of Venice, [192], [194], [208],
  • attacked by the Moslems, [209]–213;
  • victory, [213].
• Galley, [2], [18],
  • sufferings of the rower, [19], [221];
  • innovation in the manning, [185];
  • mobility, [222];
  • length, [222];
  • number of men on board, [223];
  • treatment of the slaves, [223]–229, [379];
  • size, [229];
  • mode of opening fire, [230];
  • speed, [234];
  • obsolete, [236].
• Galley of Naples, The, attacked by the brothers Barbarossa, [51]–54.
• Gardampe, Chevalier Abel de Bridiers de la, killed at the siege of Malta, [333].
• Gelves, [271].
• Genoa, [32],
  • arrangement with the Grand Turk, [34];
  • confers honours on Andrea Doria, [105].
• Gerard, the founder of the Order of St. John, [287],
  • death, [288].
• Gibraltar, Straits of, [15].
• Giou, Chevalier de, [313].
• Goialatta, [246].
• Goletta, La, [348],
  • attack on the fortress, [156];
  • fall, [157];
  • captured, [313].
• Gomez, Alvar, left in charge of Bona, [166].
• Gonzaga, Hernando de, his advice at the battle of Prevesa, [198].
• Gonzaga, Julia, attempt to capture her, [134]–136,
  • escape, [136].
• Gozo, island of, Knights of St. John at, [277], [299],
  • sacked, [309].
• Granada, fall of, [4], [8], [22],
  • expulsion of the Moors from, [8], [29];
  • revolt in, [347].
• Grandenico, Count, [178].
• Granvelle, Cardinal, [7], [359].
• Gravière, Admiral Jurien de la, [17], [54], [127], [214],
  • his description of a Galeasse, [233].
• Great Harry, [232].
• Grimani, Antonio, the Venetian Admiral, defeated at Zonchio, [38].
• Grimani, Marco, in command of the Papal contingent, [191], [214],
  • at Corfu, [191];
  • raid on Arta, [191].
• Guasto, Marquis de, taken prisoner, [101],
  • his suggestion to Andrea Doria, [104];
  • in command of the army, [156].
• Guerare, Sergeant-Major, at the siege of Malta, [332].
• Guglielmotti, Alberto, his work “La Guerra dei Pirati,” [39], [41], [180].
• Guimeran, Commandeur de, success of his ambush, [307].
• Guzmana, the galley, [371].
  
• Hadj-Hossein, his embassy to Selim I., [76]–78.
• Haedo, Don Fray Diego de, his History of Algiers, [96], [348], [353], [374].
• Hamid, King of Tunis, character of his rule, [348],
  • conspiracy against, [349];
  • flight, [350].
• Hassan Ali, [53],
  • ravages towns and villages, [83];
  • repulsed by Spaniards, [84];
  • flogged and imprisoned, [86];
  • released, [87];
  • attacks Barbarossa, [87].
• Hassem, his attack on Oran, [10],
  • retreat, [10].
• Henry II., [34].
• Henry VII., [215].
• Henry VIII., [14].
• Herbert, Arthur, concludes a treaty with Algiers, [377].
• Himeral, Basha, [114], [125].
• Hogue, La, battle of, [283].
• Honoré II., Pope, [291].
• Horusco, Pero Lopez de, [166].
• Hunyadi, John, [14].
• Hyères, island of, [234].
  
• Ibrahim, Grand Vizier to Soliman, [9],
  • his mission to Aleppo, [120];
  • advice, [123];
  • impressions of Barbarossa, [126];
  • return from Aleppo, [132];
  • his relations with Soliman, [173];
  • murdered, [176].
• Innocent VIII., Pope, [98].
• Ionian Islands, [179].
• Ionian Sea, [49].
• Ithaca, island of, [366].
• Iviza, [82].
• Janissaries, their character as soldiers, [8],
  • institution, [279];
  • system of training, [280];
  • mutiny in Algiers, [355].
• Jerbale, [2], [50], [153], [251].
• Jerusalem, Hospice of St. John at, [287].
• Jigelli, [2], [56],
  • siege of, [57].
• John of Jerusalem, St., Knights of, [18]. See Knights
• Judeo, El, [88].
  
• Kara-Hassan, takes possession of Shershell, [66],
  • beheaded, [67].
• Khorkud, Governor of Caramania, [48].
• Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, or Knights of Malta, their bigotry, [18],
  • take refuge at Limasol, [34];
  • characteristics, [35], [36];
  • fortifications of Rhodes, [35];
  • faith, [36];
  • repulse the Turks, [37];
  • expelled from Rhodes, [42], [277];
  • forced to retreat to Malta, [42], [277], [292];
  • their use of galleys, [229];
  • fight for their “Religion,” [277];
  • warfare against the corsairs, [277];
  • history of the Order, [286]–291;
  • founded at Jerusalem, [287];
  • Grand Masters, [299]–298, [301];
  • crusade against the Infidel, [289];
  • composition of the Order, [289];
  • languages, [290];
  • dress, [290];
  • form of government, [291];
  • in the siege of Malta, [300], [324]–342;
  • number of deaths, [300];
  • capture fortresses, [312];
  • capture the “puissant galleon,” [313];
  • at Licata, [352];
  • their galleys captured by Ali Basha, [352]–355.
• Knights Templars, foundation of the Order, [291],
  • code of regulations, [291].
• Kustir-Aga, chief Eunuch of the Seraglio, [313].
  
• Lamirande, Chevalier, at the siege of Malta, [334],
  • killed, [341].
• Lancaster, the cruiser, [231].
• Lanciani, extract from “The Golden Age of the Renaissance,” [139].
• Lantern, Fort of the, captured, [100].
• Lautrec, Marshal de, [104].
• Leo X., Pope, [41],
  • attempt on his life, [140];
  • flight to Rome, [141].
• Lepanto, battle of, [6], [23], [362]–372;
  • number of killed and wounded, [372].
• Lerici, [104].
• Leyva, Antonio de, [143].
• Leyva, Don Sancho de, Governor of “Africa,” [267].
• Liazzo, [246].
• Licastelli, [345].
• Licata, [352].
• Limasol, [34].
• Loredano, Jacques, [34].
• Loredano, Captain, at the battle of Lepanto, [369].
• Los Gelues, [112], [271].
• Louis XII., [100],
  • joins the “Alliance of Christian Princes,” [38].
    
• 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].
  
• Occhiali. See Ali Basha.
• Ojeda, Captain, rescues the Capitana at the battle of Lepanto, [371].
• Omedes, Juan d’, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, [278],
  • warned of the approach of the corsairs, [281];
  • refuses to take alarm, [281], [306].
• Oneglia, [98].
• Oran, [2], [73],
  • attack on, [10].
• Oristano, Gulf of, [236].
• Osmanli, their warlike achievements on land, [15].
• Ottoman, [292],
  • his siege of Rhodes, [293].
• Our Lady of the Conception, [45].
  
• Palamos, Bay of, [236].
• Palermo, [265].
• Palestine, conquered by Moslems, [286].
• Palma, [172].
• Panama, capture of, [24].
• Pantellaria, island of, [236].
• Pantera, Captain Pantero, “L’ Armata Navale,” [225].
• Parma, Prince of, at the battle of Lepanto, [364].
• Paschal II., Pope, [301].
• Passaro, Cape, [352].
• Patras, Turks defeated at, [109].
• Patrona galley, capture of, [275].
• Paul III., his scheme of defence for Rome, [139].
• Paxo, island of, [180].
• Payens, Hugues de, founds the Order of the Knights Templars, [291].
• Pedro, Francisco San, [371].
• Penne, Barras de la, on the treatment of men on board the galleys, [223].
• Peter the Hermit, [287].
• Philip II., King of Spain, [274], [311],
  • forms the “Holy League,” [357];
  • his fleet, [360].
• Piali, Admiral, [10],
  • in command of the fleet against Malta, [316], [322].
• Pierre, St., Isle of, [235].
• Pius V., Pope, [356], [373],
  • forms the “Holy League,” [357].
• Portugal, Don Juan, King of, his armada at Barcelona, [148].
• Portugal, Prince Luis of, at Barcelona, [148], [150].
• Prescott, William Hickling, [4],
  • his description of the Janissaries, [279];
  • of Don John of Austria, [358];
  • of the battle of Lepanto, [364], [368].
• Press-gang, methods of the, [226].
• Prevesa, battle of, [6], [22], [108], [189], [190], [194]–218, [366].
• Punta delle Forche, [277], [333].
  
• Rabadan, Celebi, [92], [112].
• Rabadan, left in charge of Tunis, [351].
• Raschid, [130], [137].
• Raschid, Caliph Haroun, [287].
• Ravenstein, Count Philip of, [39].
• Real, the, [364].
• Reggio, [32],
  • sack of, [133].
• Reis, Aisa-, left in charge of “Africa,” [261], [264],
  • his defence, [266];
  • captured, [267].
• Reis, Dragut-, See Dragut
• Requesens, Don Luiz de, disaster to his fleet, [234].
• Revenge, the, [354].
• Rhodes, island of, [242],
  • seized by the Knights of St. John, [35], [292];
  • besieged, [36], [293];
  • serpent at, [294]–296;
  • derivation of the name, [297].
• Ribera, Don Perisan de, [80].
• Ricasoli, [333].
• Richard II, [215].
• Rio, Juan del, taken captive, [71].
• Rivière, Chevalier La, [322].
• Robeira, Captain, repulses the corsairs, [84].
• Rocca Guillelma, fortress of, besieged, [99].
• Rodas, Capitan de, [111].
• Roderick the Goth, conquered by the Osmanli, [15], [29].
• Rome, fortifications of, [139].
• Romegas, Commandeur de, [312], [313],
  • his account of the battle of Lepanto, [360].
• Rosell, Don Cayetano, his Historia del combate naval de Lepanto, [359], [364].
• Roverejo, Juan, war with Cordoba, [99].
• Roxalana, Sultana, her influence over Soliman, [174],
  • characteristics, [174];
  • jealousy, [174];
  • murders Ibrahim, [176].
    
• Salaerrez, [88].
• Saleh-Reis, [187].
• Salerno, Gulf of, [101].
• Sallee, the rovers, [237].
• Sandoval, El Maestro Don Fray Prudencio de, his history of Charles V., [43], [70], [71], [108], [142], [144], [150], [155].
• Sangle, Claude de la, his death, [309].
• Sangullo, Antonio de, [139].
• Santa Ana, bravery of the, [353].
• Santa Cruz, Marquis of, at the battle of Lepanto, [364],
  • rescues the Capitana, [371].
• Santa Maria, the flagship of Columbus, [231].
• Sardinia, [136].
• Satalie, Gulf of, [47].
• Savona, fortification of, [103].
• Sceberass, Mount, [301], [307], [325], [342].
• Scutari, [38].
• Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean,
  • take refuge in Northern Africa, [1];
  • their deeds of terror, [2];
  • cupidity, [3];
  • fanaticism, [5], [17];
  • autocratic rule, [7], [25];
  • equality, [7];
  • aptitude for the sea, [8];
  • defeats, [10];
  • nefarious doings, [15];
  • characteristics of their leaders, [16], [25], [284], [376];
  • ships, [18];
  • character of the men, [26];
  • leagues against, [29];
  • relations with the Turks, [33].
• Seignelay, his criticism of Admiral de Tourville, [283].
• Selim I., Sultan of Turkey. See Soliman
• Selim II., Sultan of Turkey, [356],
  • his character, [356];
  • lays claim to the island of Cyprus, [356].
• Serpent, method of killing, [294]–296.
• Sesse, Duke of, [311].
• Sessola, islet of, [207].
• Sfax, [2], [250].
• Sforza, Lodovico, Duke of Milan, [100].
• Shershell, [2], [66].
• Shott-el-Jerid, [153].
• Sinan-Reis, in command of La Goletta fortress, [156],
  • at the battle of Prevesa, [197];
  • in command of the Janissaries, [279], [281];
  • character as a leader, [285], [307];
  • his expedition against Malta, [306];
  • sacks the island of Gozo, [309];
  • captures Tripoli, [309].
• Skiathos, [187].
• Skios island, [187].
• Slaves, on board galleys, their treatment, [223]–229,
  • mutiny at Lepanto, [228].
• Smyrna, Basha of, [48].
• Soliman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey, [9], [14], [109],
  • expels the Knights of St. John from Rhodes, [42], [277], [299];
  • embassy from Barbarossa, [60], [76];
  • sends reinforcements, [61];
  • recalls his ships, [61];
  • his conquest of the Mamelukes, [77];
  • invites the cooperation of Barbarossa, [110];
  • appoints him commander of his fleet, [111], [117], [127];
  • receives gifts from him, [118];
  • his reception of him, [120];
  • relations with Ibrahim, [173];
  • under the influence of Roxalana, [174];
  • declares war against Venice, [179];
  • defeated, [179];
  • preparations for campaigns, [183], [277], [316];
  • his demands from Charles V., [270];
  • loss of his “puissant galleon,” [313];
  • lamentations of his people, [314];
  • holds a conference, [316];
  • expedition against Malta, [316];
  • his death, [356].
• Spaniards, under Moorish rule, [30],
  • expedition against the Barbarossas, [62];
  • repulse Hassan, [84];
  • captives, assist in the capture of Algiers, [89];
  • restored to liberty, [89].
• Spartivento, Cape, [136].
• Spezzia, Gulf of, [104].
• Susa, [2], [250].
• Swertius, Franciscus, his collection of epitaphs, [373].
  
• Tabas, [88].
• Taranto, [32].
• Tarik, [15], [29].
• Tenes, [2],
  • fall of, [72].
• Thevenot, his Travels, [297].
• Tiber, the, [139].
• Tineo, Garzia de, kills Uruj Barbarossa, [73].
• Tlemcen, [2].
• Tlemcen, Sultan of, his flight to Fez, [72].
• Toledo, Don Garcia de, 230;
  • in the expedition against Dragut, [265];
  • his character as a ruler, [317].
• Toledo, Don Pedro de, [273].
• Tours, Viscomte de, sent to Genoa, [102].
• Tourville, Admiral de, criticism on, [283].
• Traparni, [265].
• Tripoli, [2], [153],
  • defence of, [10];
  • capture, [309];
  • fortifications, [311];
  • expedition against, [311].
• Trivulce, Theodore, [104].
• Tunis, [2],
  • captured by the corsairs, [137], [375];
  • massacre in, [141], [159];
  • fortifications repaired, [146];
  • rebellion in, [348];
  • appeal to Ali Basha, [349];
  • flight of Hamid, [350].
• Tunis, Sultan of, his treaties with the Barbarossas, [51], [61],
  • repudiates treaty, [59].
• Turks, their character as soldiers, [8], [124],
  • relations with the Sea-wolves, [33];
  • attack on Rhodes, [37];
  • defeated at Patras, [109].
• Tuscany, Duke of, [235].
  
• Urbain II., Pope, [287].
• Urbino, Duke of, [99],
  • at the battle of Lepanto, [364].
• Vagnor, Chevalier, [333].
• Valentia, ravaged by corsairs, [83].
• Valetta, position of, [307], [342].
• Valette, Jean Parisot de la, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, [6], [248];
  • his characteristics, [301], [309];
  • creed, [302];
  • personal example in the siege of Malta, [302]–305;
  • his high conception of duty, [310];
  • expedition against Tripoli, [311];
  • repulsed, [312];
  • summons help, [318];
  • preparations for the siege, [318]–321;
  • address to his brethren, [319];
  • at the siege of Malta, [324]–328;
  • reinforcements, [328].
• Vargas, Martin de, in command of the fortress of Navarro, [91],
  • besieged, [91]–95;
  • wounded and taken prisoner, [95];
  • beheaded, [96].
• Vasto, Marquis de, [143].
• Vega, Don Alvaro, in command of “Africa,” [267].
• Vega, Don Juan de, Viceroy of Sicily, [273],
  • in the expedition against Dragut, [265].
• Velez, Peñon de, captured, [312].
• Venalcadi, [73],
  • escapes, [86];
  • attacks Barbarossa, [87];
  • fight, [88];
  • beheaded, [88].
• Vengeur, the, [354].
• Venice, [32],
  • treaty of commerce concluded, [34];
  • relations with Soliman, [179];
  • war declared, [179];
  • “Holy League” formed, [357].
• Veniero, Sebastian in command of the Venetian fleet, [360], [364].
• Vera, Don Diego de, sent to capture Algiers, [70],
  • defeated, [71].
• Vercoyran, Chevalier de, at the siege of Malta, [332].
• Vertot, M. L’Abbé de, [273], [297], [311].
• Victory, the, [354].
• Villaret, Fulke de, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, [35],
  • seizes Rhodes, [35], [292].
• Villegagnon, Commandeur de, his interview with the Grand Master, [281].
• Villeneuve, Helion de, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, [293],
  • character of his rule, [293];
  • death, [297].
• Vittoriosa, [299].
• Volo, Gulf of, [187].
  
• Ximenes, Fray Francisco, Cardinal Bishop of Toledo, [70].
  
• Yamboli, [216].
• Yonis Bey, sent to Venice, [178].
  
• Zante, island of, [114], [313].
• Zara, port of, [227].
• Zay, Basha, [114], [125].
• Zonchio, battle of, [38].

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