Episode 1.9 - Hayreddin Barbarossa

Hayreddin Barbarossa was a Turkish pirate who helped expand the Ottoman Empire west, turned from corsair to admiral, built the Ottoman Navy, and helped change the balance of power in the Mediterranean.

Sources

• Ernle Bradford, The Sultan's Admiral

• E. Hamilton Currey, Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean

• Islands and Military Orders, c.1291-c.1798, Ed: Simon Phillips

• Kenneth Setton, A History of the Crusades

Names Mentioned

• Andrea Doria

• Balearic Islands

• Bone

• Bougie

• Charles V

• Cherchell

• Djerba

• Djidjelli

• Ferdinand

• Francis I

• Suleiman the Magnificent

• Tlemcen