Barbary Corsairs

9781417949137

1417949139

1890. Stanley Lane-Poole, historian and Egyptologist, writes an account of how the expatriation of the Spanish Moors at the end of the 15th Century led to their making new settlements in North Africa and elevating their skills of piracy to a fine art. Contents: Introduction. The Revenge of the Moors; and The Land of the Corsairs. Part I. The Corsair Admirals: Uruj Barbarossa. 1504-1515; The Taking of Algiers. 1516-1518; Kheyr-Ed-Din Barbarossa. 1518-1530; The Ottoman Navy. 1470-1522; Doria and Barbarossa. 1533; Tunis Taken and Lost. 1534-1535; The Sea-Fight off Prevesa. 1537; Barbarossa in France. 1539-1546; Charles at Algiers. 1541; Dragut Reis. 1543-1560; The Knights of Malta. 1565; Lepanto. 1571. Part II. The Petty Pirates: The General of the Galleys. 16th-18th Centuries; Galleys and Galley Salves. 16th Century; The Triumph of Sails. 17th Century; The Redemption of Captives. 17th and 18th Centuries; The Abasement of Europe. 16th to 18th Centuries; The United States and Tripoli. 1803-5; The Battle of Algiers. 1816; and The French in Africa. 1830-1881. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.