INDEX

Abdahar, 141.

Abu-Abd-Allah-Mahomed, 40.

Actium, battle of, 189, 199, 366.

Adam, Prince Philippe Villiers L’Isle, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, 42, 124, 299.

Adorno, Antony, 103.

Adriatic, coasts of the, 182.

Adrumentum, 251.

“Africa,” town of, position and fortifications, 251, attacked and taken by Dragut, 257–259; besieged by Andrea Doria, 265; captured, 267; mutiny, 268; blown up, 268.

Ahmed, Arab, Basha of Algiers, 375, assassinated, 375.

Albania, coast of, 363, 366.

Al-Burdon, 350.

Alcadaar, Alcaid, 349.

Alcala, Duke of, 311.

Alcala de Henares, 371.

Alcaudite, Count of, his defence of Marzaquivir, 10.

Aldemar, St., Geoffrey de, 291.

Aleppo, 120, 125.

Alexander IV., Pope, 290.

Alexander VI., Pope, 99.

Alexander VII., Pope, initiates the “Alliance of Christian Princes,” 38.

Alexandria, 49.

“Alexandria, The Young Moor of,” defeated, 177, released, 178.

Alfonso, King of Navarre and Aragon, 291.

Alghieri, Bay of, 235.

Algiers, 2, attacks on, 30, 88; captured, 62, 64; Moorish refugees at, 63; appeal for help, 66; surrenders, 89; mutiny of Janissaries, 355; treaty with King Charles II., 377.

Ali Ahamed, Admiral of Algiers, 345.

Ali, at the siege of Malta, 328.

Ali Basha, or Occhiali or Uluchali, 6, 14, 22, present at the conference held by Soliman, 316; his birthplace, 345; endures the life of a galley-slave, 345; becomes a Mussulman, 346; enters the service of Dragut, 346; at the siege of Malta, 346; appointed Viceroy of Tripoli, 347; Governor of Algiers, 347; view of his duties, 347; offered the sovereignty of Tunis, 349; expedition against Hamid, 349; captures Tunis, 350, 375; captures galleys of the Knights, 352–355; at the battle of Lepanto, 363, 368–371; his banner, 368; captures the Capitana, 370; withdraws and escapes, 371; returns to Constantinople, 373, 375; nominated Admiralissimo, 374; his palace, 375; ailment of “scald-head,” 375; death, 376.

Ali Basha, in command of the Turkish forces, 361, at the battle of Lepanto, 367; beheaded, 369.

Ali-Chabelli defeated, 180.

Al-Mehedi, his fortifications of “Africa” blown up, 268.

Amalfi, 287.

Ambracian Gulf, 189.

Amburac, Ibrahim, his plot with Dragut, 253, 256.

Ampasta, Rio de, 83.

An, Rev. Frere Pierre d’, on the dangers from the corsairs of Barbary, 20–22, 27.

Andalusia, 4, 15.

Andior, 246.

Andrade, Captain Diego de, 73.

Andros, island of, 187.

Angelo, Michel, 139.

Aponte, Antonio de, “Electo Mayor” of “Africa,” 268.

Aragon, Alfonso d’, 235.

Aragon, Ferdinand of, acquires Granada, 29, attempts to recover Naples, 99.

Arba, Francisco d’, 210, 217.

Archipelago, islands of the, 182, raid on, 187.

Arta, Gulf of, 189, 191, 195, 366.

Aubusson Pierre D’, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, 37, 38, 39, 298.

Augustus Caesar, at the battle of Actium, 189, 199.

Austria, Don John of, 23, 230, in command of the forces of the “Holy League,” 357; at Barcelona, 357; reception at Naples, 358; dress, 358; appearance, 359, 365; at Messina, 359; his fleet, 364; instructions, 365; at the battle of Lepanto, 366–371; recaptures Tunis, 375.

Baetio, 141.

Bairan-Ogli, the Reis, in command of the “puissant galleon,” 313.

Balearic Islands, 32, 66.

Barbarigo, Provéditeur, at the battle of Lepanto, 363.

Barbarossa, Hassan, left in charge of Algiers, 312.

Barbarossa, Khoyr-ed-Din, 6, 14, 17, 22, 108, King of the Sea, 24; his birth, 43; title, 45, 51; joins his brother at the island of Jerba, 50; attacks The Galley of Naples, 51–54; his wealth, 56; captures Jigelli, 56–58; his embassy to Soliman, 60, 76; character, 67, 75, 114–116, 127, 219; treatment of Hassan, 85–87; defeated by Venalcadi, 87; his allies, 88; fight against Venalcadi, 88; assisted by Spanish captives, 89; captures Algiers, 89; lays siege to the fortress of Navarro, 92–95; his plunder of the Christians, 108; requested to take the command of the Ottoman fleet, 111; voyage to Constantinople, 112–117; his captures, 113, 133; cruelty, 115, 133, 220; entry into Constantinople, 117; gifts to Soliman, 118; reception, 120; at Aleppo, 125; appointed head of the fleet, 127; his age, 127, 190; appearance, 127; speech to the Sultan, 128–130; raids on the coast of Italy, 133–137; sacks Reggio, 133; captures 11,000 Christian slaves, 133; his attempt to capture Julia Gonzaga, 134–136; enters Tunis 138; massacre of the inhabitants, 141; his fame, 142; appeal for help against the Christian hosts, 146; preparations for defence, 152; joined by the tribesmen, 153; defeated, 158; flight, 159; sufferings of his army, 163; at Bona, 164; embarks, 165; retires to Algiers, 168; return of his men, 169; captures the castle of Minorca, 172; recalled to Constantinople, 173, 178, 182; ravages, 182; number of slaves, 182; sets sail, 185; his innovation in the manning of galleys, 185–187; raid on the islands of the Archipelago, 187; his age, 190; hesitates to fight, 193; anchored in the Gulf of Arta, 194–207; at the battle of Prevesa, 208–216; withdraws from the battle, 213, 215, 217; his death, 220, 250; ransoms Dragut, 248.

Barbarossa, Uruj, 7, 74, his birth, 43; character, 44; first attempt at piracy, 45; taken prisoner, 46; escapes, 47, 48; presented with a ship, 48; winters at Alexandria, 49; at the island of Jerba, 50; joined by his brother, 50; treaty with the Sultan of Tunis, 51; attackes The Galley of Naples, 51–54; wounded, 54; attacks on Bougie, 55, 58; loses an arm, 55; appeal from the Algerines, 66; treatment of Kara-Hassan, 66; besieges Navarre’s Tower, 67; slaughters the Berbers, 68–70; defeats Don Diego, 71; marches on Tlemcen, 72; blockaded, 73; killed, 73.

Barbary, coast of, 236.

Barbary, corsairs of, their character, 21.

Barbezieux, his attempt to seize Andrea Doria, 104.

Barcelona, 148, 357.

Bazan, Don Alvaro de, General of the Galleys of Spain, at Barcelona, 149, Admiral of Castile, 359.

Beachy Head, battle of, 283.

Beja, 350.

Bengabara, Alcaid, 349.

Berber tribes, their character, 57, number, 57; conspiracy against Uruj Barbarossa, 68; slaughtered, 69.

Bergerac, Jean Marteille de, on the treatment of slaves on board the galleys, 224.

Bianco, Cape, 189.

Biba, island of, 113.

Bizerta, 2, 40, captured, 41; massacre of, 141.

Boabdil el Chico, yields up Granada, 29.

Bona, 153, 164, 350, Cape, 264.

Bonifacio, Straits of, 113, 136.

Borgo, Il, fortress, siege of, 32, 324, 342.

Bosworth, battle of, 215.

Botaybo, Alcaid, 349.

Bougaroni, Cape, 56.

Bougie, 2, 153, attacks on, 55, 58.

Bouillon, Godfrey de, defeats the Saracens, 287.

Bourdeille, Pierre de, 242, 344.

Bragadino, his defence of Famagusta, 362, killed, 362.

Brigantines, 18, 151, 240.

Broglio, Commandeur, at the siege of Malta, 333.

Byzacena, 40.

Byzantine, Empire, fall of the, 33.

Cabri, 246.

Cachidiablo, 88, 90.

Cadiz, 4.

Cadolin, defeated, 100.

Cagliari, Bay of, 152, 236.

Calabria, 345.

Calibia, castle of, surrender, 264.

Canale, Girolame, his victory over the Moslems, 177.

Candia, 187.

Cañete, Marquis de, Viceroy and Captain General of Navarre, 147.

Cantara, La Bocca de, 272, 274.

Capello, Vicenzo, his age, 190, in command of the Venetian fleet, 191, 215; at Corfu, 191.

Capitana, the, captured, 354, 370, retaken, 371.

Capua, Prior of, his designs for the building of St. Elmo fortress, 325.

Caracosa, Marie, 98.

Caramania, coast of, 35, 37, 45, 48.

Caravajal, Don Luys de Marmol, his “Descripcion general de Affrica,” 272.

Caravels, 231.

Carouan, 348.

Castel Rosso, Isle of, 47.

Castile, Isabella of, 29.

Castriot, Constantine, his report on the condition of St. Elmo, 337.

Centurion, Adan, fails to attack Barbarossa, 165.

Cephalonia, 313, 363, 366.

Cervantes, Miguel de, his mention of Ali Basha, 345, at the battle of Lepanto, 371; his wounds, 372.

Charabulac, 242.

Charlemagne, Emperor, his renown, 286.

Charles II., King of England, his treaty with Algiers, 377.

Charles V., Emperor, 14, 79, history of, 43; determines to crush the corsairs, 80; total fleet and army, 81,191; caught in a storm, 82; his wrath on the fall of Navarro, 97; acquisitions, 98; suzerain of Genoa, 101; joined by Andrea Doria, 105; his trust in him, 107; preparations for his attack on Barbarossa, 143; at Barcelona, 148; joined by his allies, 148–150; reviews the armada, 150; embarks in the Galera Capitana, 150; attack on the fortress of La Goletta, 156; defeats Barbarossa, 159; letter to the potentates, 163; evacuates Tunis, 166; his mistaken policy, 167; at Corfu, 191; orders the destruction of Dragut, 245, 261; orders the capture of “Africa,” 265; denunciation of Dragut, 271; concentrates his fleet at Messina, 278.

“Christian Princes, Alliance of,” formed, 38, artillery, 39; seize Naples, 40.

Christian slaves, number of, captured, 133.

Città Notabile, 308.

Civita Lavinia, 140.

Coeva, Andrea, 98.

Colonna, Camille, taken prisoner, 101.

Colonna, Mark Antony, in command of the Papal fleet, 360, 364.

Colonna, Vespasian, 134.

Columbus, his caravels, 231.

Comares, Marquis de, 80.

Condalmiero, Alessandro, Captain of the Galleon of Venice, 192, 194, attacked by the Moslems, 209–213; his victory, 213.

Constantine, 350.

Constantinople, fall of, 33, entry of Barbarossa into, 117.

Còrdoba, Don Martin de, his defence of Oran, 10.

Còrdoba, Gonsalvo de, the “Great Captain,” 39, war against Roverejo, 99; besieges the fortress of Rocca Guillelma, 99.

Còrdoba, Mosque at, 64.

Corfu, siege of, 179.

Cornet, Commandeur de, 337.

Cornillan, Pierre de, appointed Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, 298.

Coron, 355.

Coronado, Capt. Juan Vasquez, 273.

Corsairs, Moslem, their iron and rigid discipline, 7. See Moslem

Corsica, coast of, 246.

Corso, Mami, left in charge of Algiers, 349.

Cos, or Lango, island of, fortifications of, 292.

Curtogali, at Bizerta, 40, his depredations, 41; attempt to carry off the Pope, 41, 140; Governor of Rhodes, 42.

Cyprus, island of, 34, 356.

Daoud Pasha, Admiral, defeats Grimani, 38.

Dardanelles, 116, fortification of the, 34.

Daru, P., Histoire de Venise, 364, 367.

Delizuff, joins forces with Barbarossa, 112, killed, 113.

Diou-Donnè, Gozon de, his mode of killing a serpent, 294–296, praises of his services, 297; appointed Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, 298; his death, 298.

Doria Andrea, 6, 22, 108, his birth, 98; parents, 98; sent to Rome, 98; at the court of Urbino, 99; in the service of the King of Aragon, 99; joins Roverejo, 99; takes service with Lodovico Sforza, 100; appointed General of the Galleys, 100; captures the Fort of the Lantern, 100; defeats Cadolin, 100; appointed Captain-General of the Galleys of France, 101; the treatment of Francis I., 102, 104; letter to him, 103; joins Charles V., 105; honours received from Genoa, 105; Admiralissimo of the Navy, 107, 151; defeats the Turks at Patras, 109; at Barcelona, 148; captures Bona, 166; pursuit of Barbarossa, 166; defeats Ali-Chabelli, 180; wounded, 180; appearance, 180; age, 190; his fleet, 192; anchors outside the Gulf of Arta, 194–207; at Sessola, 207; tactics at the battle of Prevesa, 214; sails away, 216; ordered to capture Dragut, 261, 271; his pursuit of him, 262–264; expedition against “Africa,” 265; blockades Dragut at Jerbah, 271–275; allows him to escape, 275.

Doria, David, 99.

Doria, Dominique, 98.

Doria, Franco, 192.

Doria, Jannetin, captures Dragut, 245–247.

Doria, John, 165.

Doria, John Andrea, at the battle of Lepanto, 363, 367, 370.

Doria, Philippin, defeats Moncada, 101.

Dragut-Reis, 10, 14, 22, his birth and parents, 242; career, 242; offers his services to Barbarossa, 243; in command of twelve galleys, 243; his destruction ordered, 245, 261; captured by Jannetin Doria, 245–247; employed as a galley slave, 248; ransomed, 248; increase of power, 250; his desire to capture “Africa,” 251; plot with Ibrahim Amburac, 253; preparations for the attack, 254–256; wounded, 257; attack on the city, 257–259; pursued by Andrea Doria, 262–264, 271; his “Horrid Devastations,” 264; in the siege of “Africa,” 265; escapes, 267; at Constantinople, 269, 276; denounced by Charles V., 270; appointed Sandjak, or governor, of the island of Santa Maura, 271; blockaded at Jerban, 271–275; mode of escape, 275; hatred of the Knights of Malta, 276, 286; autocrat of Tripoli, 309; characteristics, 315; at the siege of Malta, 329–339; mortally wounded, 339; death, 341.

Dupuy, Raimond, joins the Hospice of St. John, 288, appointed Grand Master, 289; forms a military corps, 289.

Eginard, 286.

Egypt, Soldan of, his treatment of the Knights of Saint John, 34, besieges Rhodes, 36.

Elmo, St., siege of, 6, 301–305, 323–341, appeal of the garrison to abandon the fortress, 335–337; their use of fireworks, 339; fall, 341.

Escalente, Bernardino de, his “Diálogos del arte militar,” 371.

Esquemelin, John, his literary labours, 1.

Etienne, St., Mount, 294.

Eutemi, Selim, besieges Algiers, 65, assassinated, 68.

Exmouth, Lord, bombards Algiers,30.

Famagusta, captured, 362.

Ferdinand V., King of Spain, joins the “Alliance of Christian Princes,” 38, his death, 65.

Florence, the, 236.

Floreta, M. de., 144.

Forfait, on the speed of the galley, 234.

Francis I., 14, appoints Andrea Doria Captain of his fleet, 101; attempts to levy a fine, 102; treatment of him, 102; fortifies Savona, 103; letter from Andrea Doria, 103; attempts to take him prisoner, 104; refuses to join in the war against Barbarossa, 144; treachery, 144.

Fundi, 134, sacked by the corsairs, 136.

Galeasse, the, 18, description of a, 233.

Galera Capitana, 150, number of flags and banners on board, 151.

Galleon of Venice, 192, 194, 208, attacked by the Moslems, 209–213; victory, 213.

Galley, 2, 18, sufferings of the rower, 19, 221; innovation in the manning, 185; mobility, 222; length, 222; number of men on board, 223; treatment of the slaves, 223–229, 379; size, 229; mode of opening fire, 230; speed, 234; obsolete, 236.

Galley of Naples, The, attacked by the brothers Barbarossa, 51–54.

Gardampe, Chevalier Abel de Bridiers de la, killed at the siege of Malta, 333.

Gelves, 271.

Genoa, 32, arrangement with the Grand Turk, 34; confers honours on Andrea Doria, 105.

Gerard, the founder of the Order of St. John, 287, death, 288.

Gibraltar, Straits of, 15.

Giou, Chevalier de, 313.

Goialatta, 246.

Goletta, La, 348, attack on the fortress, 156; fall, 157; captured, 313.

Gomez, Alvar, left in charge of Bona, 166.

Gonzaga, Hernando de, his advice at the battle of Prevesa, 198.

Gonzaga, Julia, attempt to capture her, 134–136, escape, 136.

Gozo, island of, Knights of St. John at, 277, 299, sacked, 309.

Granada, fall of, 4, 8, 22, expulsion of the Moors from, 8, 29; revolt in, 347.

Grandenico, Count, 178.

Granvelle, Cardinal, 7, 359.

Gravière, Admiral Jurien de la, 17, 54, 127, 214, his description of a Galeasse, 233.

Great Harry, 232.

Grimani, Antonio, the Venetian Admiral, defeated at Zonchio, 38.

Grimani, Marco, in command of the Papal contingent, 191, 214, at Corfu, 191; raid on Arta, 191.

Guasto, Marquis de, taken prisoner, 101, his suggestion to Andrea Doria, 104; in command of the army, 156.

Guerare, Sergeant-Major, at the siege of Malta, 332.

Guglielmotti, Alberto, his work “La Guerra dei Pirati,” 39, 41, 180.

Guimeran, Commandeur de, success of his ambush, 307.

Guzmana, the galley, 371.

Hadj-Hossein, his embassy to Selim I., 76–78.

Haedo, Don Fray Diego de, his History of Algiers, 96, 348, 353, 374.

Hamid, King of Tunis, character of his rule, 348, conspiracy against, 349; flight, 350.

Hassan Ali, 53, ravages towns and villages, 83; repulsed by Spaniards, 84; flogged and imprisoned, 86; released, 87; attacks Barbarossa, 87.

Hassem, his attack on Oran, 10, retreat, 10.

Henry II., 34.

Henry VII., 215.

Henry VIII., 14.

Herbert, Arthur, concludes a treaty with Algiers, 377.

Himeral, Basha, 114, 125.

Hogue, La, battle of, 283.

Honoré II., Pope, 291.

Horusco, Pero Lopez de, 166.

Hunyadi, John, 14.

Hyères, island of, 234.

Ibrahim, Grand Vizier to Soliman, 9, his mission to Aleppo, 120; advice, 123; impressions of Barbarossa, 126; return from Aleppo, 132; his relations with Soliman, 173; murdered, 176.

Innocent VIII., Pope, 98.

Ionian Islands, 179.

Ionian Sea, 49.

Ithaca, island of, 366.

Iviza, 82.

Janissaries, their character as soldiers, 8, institution, 279; system of training, 280; mutiny in Algiers, 355.

Jerbale, 2, 50, 153, 251.

Jerusalem, Hospice of St. John at, 287.

Jigelli, 2, 56, siege of, 57.

John of Jerusalem, St., Knights of, 18. See Knights

Judeo, El, 88.

Kara-Hassan, takes possession of Shershell, 66, beheaded, 67.

Khorkud, Governor of Caramania, 48.

Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, or Knights of Malta, their bigotry, 18, take refuge at Limasol, 34; characteristics, 35, 36; fortifications of Rhodes, 35; faith, 36; repulse the Turks, 37; expelled from Rhodes, 42, 277; forced to retreat to Malta, 42, 277, 292; their use of galleys, 229; fight for their “Religion,” 277; warfare against the corsairs, 277; history of the Order, 286–291; founded at Jerusalem, 287; Grand Masters, 299–298, 301; crusade against the Infidel, 289; composition of the Order, 289; languages, 290; dress, 290; form of government, 291; in the siege of Malta, 300, 324–342; number of deaths, 300; capture fortresses, 312; capture the “puissant galleon,” 313; at Licata, 352; their galleys captured by Ali Basha, 352–355.

Knights Templars, foundation of the Order, 291, code of regulations, 291.

Kustir-Aga, chief Eunuch of the Seraglio, 313.

Lamirande, Chevalier, at the siege of Malta, 334, killed, 341.

Lancaster, the cruiser, 231.

Lanciani, extract from “The Golden Age of the Renaissance,” 139.

Lantern, Fort of the, captured, 100.

Lautrec, Marshal de, 104.

Leo X., Pope, 41, attempt on his life, 140; flight to Rome, 141.

Lepanto, battle of, 6, 23, 362–372; number of killed and wounded, 372.

Lerici, 104.

Leyva, Antonio de, 143.

Leyva, Don Sancho de, Governor of “Africa,” 267.

Liazzo, 246.

Licastelli, 345.

Licata, 352.

Limasol, 34.

Loredano, Jacques, 34.

Loredano, Captain, at the battle of Lepanto, 369.

Los Gelues, 112, 271.

Louis XII., 100, joins the “Alliance of Christian Princes,” 38.

Magliana, Castle of, 140.

Mahan, Rear-Admiral, his books on “Sea Power,” 14.

Mahomedi, banished from Constantinople, 43, his sons, 43.

Mahomet, result of his death, 286.

Mahomet II., Caliph, captures Constantinople, 33, fortifies the Dardanelles, 34; defeated Rhodes, 38; death, 38.

Majorca, 172.

Malipier, Captain, at the battle of Lepanto, 369.

Malta, siege of, 6, 22, 299–305, 324–342, number of deaths, 300; position, 315; expedition against, 316; preparations for the siege, 318–321.

Malta, Knights of, see Knights

Marquesa, the galley, 371.

Marsa Muzetto harbour, 325, 331.

Marsaquivir, attack on, 10.

Maura, Santa, island of, 207, 271.

Mecca, 4.

Medina-Celi, Juan la Cerda, Duke of, expedition against Tripoli, 311.

Medran, Chevalier Gonzales de, at the siege of St. Elmo, 327, 332, 335.

Mehedia, 251.

Melac, Commandeur Gozon de, 312.

Mendoza, Bernard de, in command of La Goletta, 166.

Mendoza, Don Luis Hurtado de, 143.

Messina, 180, 278, 359.

Minorca, 172.

Mitylene, island of, 43.

Monastir, 2, 250.

Moncada, Don Hugo de, Viceroy of Sicily, 80, escapes to Iviza, 82; defeated and slain, 101.

Mondejar, Marquis de, 143.

Monferrato, Monastery of Nuestra Señora de, pilgrimages to, 150, 357.

Monte Cristo island, 113.

Montmorency, Anne de, 281.

Monuc, the eunuch, 206.

Moors, their characteristics, 4, expulsion from Granada, 8, 29; their condition in Algiers, 63.

Morea, the, 355, 366.

Morgan, Sir Henry, his capture of Panama, 24.

Morgan, J., his Compleat History of Algiers, 243, 250, 345.

Moriscoes, their persecutions, 5, revolt in Granada, 347.

Mosca, Lodovico del, 39.

Moslem corsairs, their cupidity, 3, driven out of Spain, 4, 29; characteristics, 4, 67, 241; fanaticism, 5, 17; supremacy on the sea, 8; frequent defeats, 10; tyranny, 11; ships, 18; booty, 24; cruel methods, 24, 32; retrogression, 239; mode of commencing their careers, 240; conquer Palestine, 286; at the siege of Malta, 300; number of deaths, 300.

Motte, Chevalier de la, at the siege of St. Elmo, 327.

Mourad-Reis, 201.

Moustafa-Billah, Caliph, 287.

Muley Hamid, negotiations with, 330.

Muley Hassan, King of Tunis, 130, 137, restored to his kingdom, 161; terms of his vassalage, 162.

Mustafa, in command of the land forces against Malta, 316, 322, captures Famagusta, 362.

Naples, seized, 40, invasion of, 90; reception of Don John of Austria at, 358.

Navarro, Count Pedro de, seizes the town of Bougie, 55, captures Algiers, 62, 64; his Tower, 64.

Navarro’s Tower, siege of, 65, 67, 91–95, captured, 95; pulled down, 97.

Nef, the, 18, 232.

Negropont, Bailli of, at the siege of Malta, 326, 332, 333, killed, 341.

Nunez, Martin, his embassy to the Pope, 163.

Occhiali. See Ali Basha.

Ojeda, Captain, rescues the Capitana at the battle of Lepanto, 371.

Omedes, Juan d’, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, 278, warned of the approach of the corsairs, 281; refuses to take alarm, 281, 306.

Oneglia, 98.

Oran, 2, 73, attack on, 10.

Oristano, Gulf of, 236.

Osmanli, their warlike achievements on land, 15.

Ottoman, 292, his siege of Rhodes, 293.

Our Lady of the Conception, 45.

Palamos, Bay of, 236.

Palermo, 265.

Palestine, conquered by Moslems, 286.

Palma, 172.

Panama, capture of, 24.

Pantellaria, island of, 236.

Pantera, Captain Pantero, “L’ Armata Navale,” 225.

Parma, Prince of, at the battle of Lepanto, 364.

Paschal II., Pope, 301.

Passaro, Cape, 352.

Patras, Turks defeated at, 109.

Patrona galley, capture of, 275.

Paul III., his scheme of defence for Rome, 139.

Paxo, island of, 180.

Payens, Hugues de, founds the Order of the Knights Templars, 291.

Pedro, Francisco San, 371.

Penne, Barras de la, on the treatment of men on board the galleys, 223.

Peter the Hermit, 287.

Philip II., King of Spain, 274, 311, forms the “Holy League,” 357; his fleet, 360.

Piali, Admiral, 10, in command of the fleet against Malta, 316, 322.

Pierre, St., Isle of, 235.

Pius V., Pope, 356, 373, forms the “Holy League,” 357.

Portugal, Don Juan, King of, his armada at Barcelona, 148.

Portugal, Prince Luis of, at Barcelona, 148, 150.

Prescott, William Hickling, 4, his description of the Janissaries, 279; of Don John of Austria, 358; of the battle of Lepanto, 364, 368.

Press-gang, methods of the, 226.

Prevesa, battle of, 6, 22, 108, 189, 190, 194–218, 366.

Punta delle Forche, 277, 333.

Rabadan, Celebi, 92, 112.

Rabadan, left in charge of Tunis, 351.

Raschid, 130, 137.

Raschid, Caliph Haroun, 287.

Ravenstein, Count Philip of, 39.

Real, the, 364.

Reggio, 32, sack of, 133.

Reis, Aisa-, left in charge of “Africa,” 261, 264, his defence, 266; captured, 267.

Reis, Dragut-, See Dragut

Requesens, Don Luiz de, disaster to his fleet, 234.

Revenge, the, 354.

Rhodes, island of, 242, seized by the Knights of St. John, 35, 292; besieged, 36, 293; serpent at, 294–296; derivation of the name, 297.

Ribera, Don Perisan de, 80.

Ricasoli, 333.

Richard II, 215.

Rio, Juan del, taken captive, 71.

Rivière, Chevalier La, 322.

Robeira, Captain, repulses the corsairs, 84.

Rocca Guillelma, fortress of, besieged, 99.

Rodas, Capitan de, 111.

Roderick the Goth, conquered by the Osmanli, 15, 29.

Rome, fortifications of, 139.

Romegas, Commandeur de, 312, 313, his account of the battle of Lepanto, 360.

Rosell, Don Cayetano, his Historia del combate naval de Lepanto, 359, 364.

Roverejo, Juan, war with Cordoba, 99.

Roxalana, Sultana, her influence over Soliman, 174, characteristics, 174; jealousy, 174; murders Ibrahim, 176.

Salaerrez, 88.

Saleh-Reis, 187.

Salerno, Gulf of, 101.

Sallee, the rovers, 237.

Sandoval, El Maestro Don Fray Prudencio de, his history of Charles V., 43, 70, 71, 108, 142, 144, 150, 155.

Sangle, Claude de la, his death, 309.

Sangullo, Antonio de, 139.

Santa Ana, bravery of the, 353.

Santa Cruz, Marquis of, at the battle of Lepanto, 364, rescues the Capitana, 371.

Santa Maria, the flagship of Columbus, 231.

Sardinia, 136.

Satalie, Gulf of, 47.

Savona, fortification of, 103.

Sceberass, Mount, 301, 307, 325, 342.

Scutari, 38.

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean, take refuge in Northern Africa, 1; their deeds of terror, 2; cupidity, 3; fanaticism, 5, 17; autocratic rule, 7, 25; equality, 7; aptitude for the sea, 8; defeats, 10; nefarious doings, 15; characteristics of their leaders, 16, 25, 284, 376; ships, 18; character of the men, 26; leagues against, 29; relations with the Turks, 33.

Seignelay, his criticism of Admiral de Tourville, 283.

Selim I., Sultan of Turkey. See Soliman

Selim II., Sultan of Turkey, 356, his character, 356; lays claim to the island of Cyprus, 356.

Serpent, method of killing, 294–296.

Sesse, Duke of, 311.

Sessola, islet of, 207.

Sfax, 2, 250.

Sforza, Lodovico, Duke of Milan, 100.

Shershell, 2, 66.

Shott-el-Jerid, 153.

Sinan-Reis, in command of La Goletta fortress, 156, at the battle of Prevesa, 197; in command of the Janissaries, 279, 281; character as a leader, 285, 307; his expedition against Malta, 306; sacks the island of Gozo, 309; captures Tripoli, 309.

Skiathos, 187.

Skios island, 187.

Slaves, on board galleys, their treatment, 223–229, mutiny at Lepanto, 228.

Smyrna, Basha of, 48.

Soliman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey, 9, 14, 109, expels the Knights of St. John from Rhodes, 42, 277, 299; embassy from Barbarossa, 60, 76; sends reinforcements, 61; recalls his ships, 61; his conquest of the Mamelukes, 77; invites the cooperation of Barbarossa, 110; appoints him commander of his fleet, 111, 117, 127; receives gifts from him, 118; his reception of him, 120; 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.

Vega, Don Juan de, Viceroy of Sicily, 273, in the expedition against Dragut, 265.

Velez, Peñon de, captured, 312.

Venalcadi, 73, escapes, 86; attacks Barbarossa, 87; fight, 88; beheaded, 88.

Vengeur, the, 354.

Venice, 32, treaty of commerce concluded, 34; relations with Soliman, 179; war declared, 179; “Holy League” formed, 357.

Veniero, Sebastian in command of the Venetian fleet, 360, 364.

Vera, Don Diego de, sent to capture Algiers, 70, defeated, 71.

Vercoyran, Chevalier de, at the siege of Malta, 332.

Vertot, M. L’Abbé de, 273, 297, 311.

Victory, the, 354.

Villaret, Fulke de, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, 35, seizes Rhodes, 35, 292.

Villegagnon, Commandeur de, his interview with the Grand Master, 281.

Villeneuve, Helion de, Grand Master of the Knights of St. John, 293, character of his rule, 293; death, 297.

Vittoriosa, 299.

Volo, Gulf of, 187.

Ximenes, Fray Francisco, Cardinal Bishop of Toledo, 70.

Yamboli, 216.

Yonis Bey, sent to Venice, 178.

Zante, island of, 114, 313.

Zara, port of, 227.

Zay, Basha, 114, 125.

Zonchio, battle of, 38.

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