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THE STORY OF MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. By Z. A. Ragozin
THE STORY OF MEDIAEVAL 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

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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 Penon 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, 5