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History of Philip II. William Hickling Prescott.
History of Charles V. Robertson.
Histoire de Barberousse. Richer.
Vie des plus célèbres marins. Richer.
Histoire de Barberousse. Sander Rang et Ferdinand Denis.
Doria et Barberousse. Les derniers jours de la Marine aux Rames. Admiral
Jurien de la Gravière.
Histoire de Barbarie et ses corsaires. Pierre d’An. Paris, 1637.
Histoire d’Alger. Laugier de Tassy.
Messire Pierre de Bourdeille Seigneur de Brantôme. Vie des hommes illustres et grands capitaines etrangers de son temps. 1594.
Histoires de les Chevaliers de Malte. Mons l’Abbé de Vertot. Paris, 1726.
Histoire de Venise. P. Daru.
Topografia e Historia general de Argel El Señor Don Diego de Haedo.
Reverendissimo Arcobispo de Palermo. Presidente y Capitan-General del
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Descripcion general de Africa. Don Luys de Marmol Caravajal. Granada,
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de Sandoval, Obispo de Pampluna. 1612.
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Cervantes.
Arte de Navegar. Martin Cortes.
Diálogos del arte militar. Bernardino de Escalante.
Seville, 1583.
Historia del combate naval de Lepanto. Cayetano Rosell.
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La Guerra dei pirati e la marina Pontifica dal 1500 al 1560.
Padre Alberto Guglielmotti.
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Giovanii Gerosolimitano. Jacopo Bosio.
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LIST OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, SULTANS OF TURKEY, POPES OF ROME, AND GRAND MASTERS OF MALTA, BETWEEN THE DATES 1492–1580, THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS BOOK.
| England | France |
| Henry VII., 1485–1509. | Charles VIII., 1483–98. |
| Henry VIII., 1509–47. | Louis XII., 1498–1515. |
| Edward VI., 1547–53. | Francis I., 1515–47. |
| Mary, 1553–58. | Henry II., 1547–59. |
| Elizabeth, 1558–1603. | Francis II., 1559–60. |
| Charles IX., 1560–74. | |
| Henry III., 1574–89. |
Spain
Granada, taken by Ferdinand and Isabella, the sovereigns of Aragon and Castile (“Los Reyes Catolicos”) in 1492. Their daughter, Joanna, married Philip, son of the Emperor Maximilian of Germany. Ferdinand died 1516, and was succeeded by Charles V., son of Philip and Joanna, as King of Spain, in 1517. On the death of his grandfather Maximilian, in 1519, Charles was elected Emperor of Germany. He resigned all his dignities and retired to the monastery of Yuste in 1555, and was succeeded by his son, Philip II. Charles died 1558. Philip II., who married as his first wife Mary Tudor, of England, reigned from 1555 till 1598.
Sultans of Turkey
Bajazet II., 1481–1512; Selim the Cruel, 1512–20; Soliman the Magnificent, 1520–66; Selim II., known to the Spaniards as “el bebedor” (the drunkard), 1566–74; Murad III., 1574–95.
Popes of Rome
Pius III., 1503; Julius II., 1503; Leo X., 1513; Hadrian VI., 1522; Clement VII., 1523; Paul III., 1534; Julius III., 1550; Marcellus II., 1555; Paul IV., 1555; Pius IV., 1559; Pius V., 1566; Gregory XIII., 1572; Sixtus V., 1585.
Grand Masters of the Knights of Malta
Pierre d’Aubusson, 1476–1503; Emeri d’Amboise, 1503–13; Fabrice Carette, 1513–21; Villiers de L’Isle Adam, 1521–36; Juan d’Omedes, 1536–53; Claude de la Sangle, 1553–57; Jean Parisot de la Valette, 1557–68; Pierre Dumont, 1568–72; Jean Levesque de la Cassière, 1572–82.