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.
  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.

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