The Story of the Barbary Corsairs

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Title: The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
Author: Stanley Lane-Poole Lieut. J. D. Jerrold Kelley
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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
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[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 Pe?on de Alger, 13.
II.
THE LAND OF THE CORSAIRS. 14-27
The Barbary Peninsula, 14--Command of the narrow seas, 15--Barbary ports and havens, 16--Character of the country, 20--North-African dynasties, 21--Relations between the rulers of Barbary and the Christian States, 22--Piracy discountenanced, 24--Christian Corsairs, 25--Growth of sea-roving, 26--The coming of the Turks, 27.

PART I.
THE CORSAIR ADMIRALS.
III.
Ur[=u]j Barbarossa. 1504-1515 31-44
Lesbos, 31--Birth of Ur[=u]j and Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n Barbarossa, 31--Arrival of Ur[=u]j at Tunis, 32--Capture of Papal galleys, 35--The epithet Barba-rossa, 36--Galley slaves, 39--Jerba, 40--Unsuccessful siege of Buj[=e]ya, 40--Doria besieges the Goletta of Tunis, 43--Second attack on Buj[=e]ya, 44--Ur[=u]j becomes king of J[=i]jil, 44.
IV.
THE TAKING OF ALGIERS. 1516-1518 45-52
Death of Ferdinand, 45--Algerines appeal to Ur[=u]j to deliver them from the Spaniards, 46--His doings at Algiers, 49--Defeat of a Spanish armada, 50--Victory over the prince of Tinnis, 50--Great authority of Ur[=u]j, 51--Expedition of the Marquis de Comares, 51--Death of Ur[=u]j Barbarossa, 52.
V.
Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n Barbarossa. 1518-1530 53-60
Departure of the Spanish troops, 53--Character of Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n, 53--Policy towards the Sultan, 54--Is made Beglerbeg of Algiers, 54--Disaster to Don Hugo de Moncada, 55--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n's cruises and his captains, 56--"Drub-Devil" at Majorca, 57--Defeat of Portundo, 58--Storming of the Pe?on de Alger, 59--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n's fleet, 59.
VI.
THE OTTOMAN NAVY. 1470-1522 61-75
Rise of the Turkish navy, 61--Rivalry of Genoa and Venice, 62--The fleet of Mohammed II., 65--The Knights Hospitallers, 66--Ship building at Constantinople, 66--The Battle of Zonchio, 68--Fall of Lepanto, 71--Decline of Venice, 71--Siege of Rhodes, 73--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n summoned to the Porte, 75.
VII.
DORIA AND BARBAROSSA. 1533 76-83
Andrea Doria, 76--Change of sides, 77--The two rivals, 78--Doria's conquest of Coron, 78--Relief of Coron, 81--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n sails to Constantinople, 82--Is made Admiral, 83--Building galleys, 83.
VIII.
TUNIS TAKEN AND LOST. 1534-1535 84-93
Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n ravages the coasts of Italy, 84--Giulia Gonzaga, 84--The Ben[=i] Hafs of Tunis, 85--Conquest of Tunis by Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n, 86--Charles V. goes to Tunis, 86--Defeat of Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n, 89--Brutality of the Imperial troops, 90--Joy throughout Christendom, 91--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n's expedition to Minorca, 93.
IX.
THE SEA-FIGHT OFF PREVESA. 1537 94-104
Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n and Venice, 94--Venetian provocations, 95--Doria off Paxos, 95--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n lays waste the Apulian coast, 96--Siege of Corfu by the Turks, 96--Abandoned, 97--A raid among the isles of Greece, 97--Rich prizes, 97--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n sails to