| Sack of Madeira | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Empire |
Regency of Algiers | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
8 vessels
[5] 800 men [5] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,200 enslaved | Unknown | ||||||
The sack of Madeira occurred in 1617 when Algerian pirates sacked the Island and took 1,200 inhabitants as slaves. [4] [5] [6]
The Algerians had established a base on the islands of Cape Verde from which they operated against ships in the Atlantic. [4] [7]
In 1617 the Algerians arrived in Madeira with 8 vessels and 800 men. [5] They plundered the island and enslaved 1,200 inhabitants. [7] During the sack, the Algerians burned the island's archives and sacked much, including church bells. [8] [9] [4] It is also said that they had emptied the Portuguese island of Porto Santo enslaving 663 inhabitants. [10]
The activity of the Algerian pirates only seemed to increase later sacking Baltimore in Ireland as well as the famous raid in Iceland. [7]
References
- ^ Historic Ships Rupert Holland BoD – Books on Demand,
- ^ KUKLALARIN EFENDİSİ: KADERİN TOHUMLARI Namık GÜLSÜN Author House,
- ^ Etudes algériennes: la course, l'esclavage et la redemption à Alger Henri Delmas de Grammont Daupeley-Gouverneur,
- ^ a b c d The Cambridge Historical Journal, Volume 8 Cambridge University Press,
- ^ a b c d White Women Captives in North Africa: Narratives of Enslavement, 1735-1830 K. Bekkaoui Springer,
- ^ The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II: Volume II Fernand Braudel University of California Press,
- ^ a b c The Verneys: Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England Adrian Tinniswood Random House,
- ^ Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands, and Azores: A Practical and Complete Guide for the Use of Tourists and Invalids A. Samler Brown Simpkins, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent,
- ^ War and Society in the Seventh Century Sir George Norman Clark CUP Archive
- ^ The Corsairs’ Longest Voyage: The Turkish Raid in Iceland 1627 Þorsteinn Helgason BRILL,
| Sack of Madeira | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
|
Portuguese Empire |
Regency of Algiers | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
8 vessels
[5] 800 men [5] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,200 enslaved | Unknown | ||||||
The sack of Madeira occurred in 1617 when Algerian pirates sacked the Island and took 1,200 inhabitants as slaves. [4] [5] [6]
The Algerians had established a base on the islands of Cape Verde from which they operated against ships in the Atlantic. [4] [7]
In 1617 the Algerians arrived in Madeira with 8 vessels and 800 men. [5] They plundered the island and enslaved 1,200 inhabitants. [7] During the sack, the Algerians burned the island's archives and sacked much, including church bells. [8] [9] [4] It is also said that they had emptied the Portuguese island of Porto Santo enslaving 663 inhabitants. [10]
The activity of the Algerian pirates only seemed to increase later sacking Baltimore in Ireland as well as the famous raid in Iceland. [7]
References
- ^ Historic Ships Rupert Holland BoD – Books on Demand,
- ^ KUKLALARIN EFENDİSİ: KADERİN TOHUMLARI Namık GÜLSÜN Author House,
- ^ Etudes algériennes: la course, l'esclavage et la redemption à Alger Henri Delmas de Grammont Daupeley-Gouverneur,
- ^ a b c d The Cambridge Historical Journal, Volume 8 Cambridge University Press,
- ^ a b c d White Women Captives in North Africa: Narratives of Enslavement, 1735-1830 K. Bekkaoui Springer,
- ^ The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II: Volume II Fernand Braudel University of California Press,
- ^ a b c The Verneys: Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England Adrian Tinniswood Random House,
- ^ Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands, and Azores: A Practical and Complete Guide for the Use of Tourists and Invalids A. Samler Brown Simpkins, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent,
- ^ War and Society in the Seventh Century Sir George Norman Clark CUP Archive
- ^ The Corsairs’ Longest Voyage: The Turkish Raid in Iceland 1627 Þorsteinn Helgason BRILL,