The Story of the Barbary Corsairs

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

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 Peñon 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 combat Doria, 98--Battle off Prevesa, 101--Doria's galleasses, 102--Hesitation of the Christians, 103--Doria's seamanship and Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n's audacity, 104.

X.

BARBAROSSA IN FRANCE. 1539-1546 105-111