The Story of the Barbary Corsairs

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Title: The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
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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
12MO, ILLUSTRATED. PER VOL., $1.50
THE EARLIER VOLUMES ARE
THE STORY OF GREECE. By Prof. Jas. A. Harrison THE STORY
OF ROME. By Arthur Gilman THE STORY OF THE JEWS. By Prof.
Jas. K. Hosmer THE STORY OF CHALDEA. By Z. A. Ragozin THE
STORY OF GERMANY. By S. Baring-Gould THE STORY OF
NORWAY. By Prof. H. H. Boyesen THE STORY OF SPAIN. By E. E.
and Susan Hale THE STORY OF HUNGARY. By Prof. A. Vámbéry
THE STORY OF CARTHAGE. By Prof. Alfred J. Church THE
STORY OF THE SARACENS. By Arthur Gilman THE STORY OF
THE MOORS IN SPAIN. By Stanley Lane-Poole THE STORY OF
THE NORMANS. By Sarah O. Jewett THE STORY OF PERSIA. By
S. G. W. Benjamin THE STORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT. By Geo.
Rawlinson THE STORY OF ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. By Prof. J. P.

Mahaffy THE STORY OF ASSYRIA. By Z. A. Ragozin THE STORY
OF IRELAND. By Hon. Emily Lawless THE STORY OF THE
GOTHS. By Henry Bradley THE STORY OF TURKEY. By Stanley
Lane-Poole THE STORY OF MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. By
Z. A. Ragozin THE STORY OF MEDIÆVAL FRANCE. By Gustave
Masson THE STORY OF MEXICO. By Susan Hale THE STORY OF
HOLLAND. By James E. Thorold Rogers THE STORY OF
PH[OE]NICIA. By George Rawlinson THE STORY OF THE HANSA
TOWNS. By Helen Zimmern
For prospectus of the series see end of this volume.
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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 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