362

AUTHORITIES CONSULTED 383

LIST OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN,
SULTANS OF TURKEY, POPES OF ROME, AND GRAND
MASTERS OF MALTA FROM 1492 TO 1580 385

DISTANCES IN SEA MILES ON THE COAST OF NORTHERN
AFRICA 387

INDEX 389

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

I wish to record my cordial recognition of the kindness shown to me at
Malta by Mr. Salvino Sant Manduca. The picture of the carrack opposite to
page 300 was a gift from him. The galley of the Knights of Malta is a
reproduction of a picture hanging in his house. I should also like to thank
him for the time and trouble which he took on my behalf during my stay at
Malta, and the keen interest he displayed in my subject.

R. HAMILTON CURREY.

KHEYR-ED-DIN BARBAROSSA--CORSAIR, ADMIRAL, AND KING _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

URUJ AND KHEYR-ED-DIN BARBAROSSA 44

ANDREA DORIA, PRINCE OF ONEOLIA, ADMIRAL TO CHARLES V. 92

SOLIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT 110

THE EMPEROR CHARLES V 150

MULEY HASSAN KING OF TUNIS 162

GALEASSE UNDER SAIL 194

GALLEY UNDER OARS 222

BRIGANTINE CHASING FELUCCA 236

GOZON DE DIEU-DONNE SLAYING THE GREAT SERPENT OF RHODES 294

CARRACK IN WHICH THE KNIGHTS ARRIVED AT MALTA, 1530 300

JEAN PARISOT DE LA VALETTE, GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS
OF MALTA, AT THE SIEGE OF THAT ISLAND BY THE TURKS
IN 1565 324

DEATH OF DRAGUT AT THE SIEGE OF MALTA 340

A GALLEY OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA 354

DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA 362

SEBASTIAN VENIERO 364

INTRODUCTORY

In all the ages of which we have any record there have been men who gained
a living by that practice of robbery on the high seas which we know by the
name of Piracy. Perhaps the pirate