Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 378 pages of information about Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean.

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 378 pages of information about Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean.
  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, 2l5, 2l7;
  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.

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