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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/11497| Title: | The Maltese Corso, 1530-1798 |
| Authors: | Muscat, Joseph |
| Authors: | Friends of the Maritime Museum (Malta) |
| Keywords: | Order of St John -- Malta -- History Pirates -- Mediterranean Sea Piracy -- Malta -- History Corsairs -- Malta -- History Knights of Malta -- Malta -- History Malta -- History, Naval -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798 Malta -- History -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798 |
| Issue Date: | 1999 |
| Publisher: | Maritime Museum |
| Citation: | Muscat, Joseph (1999). The Maltese Corso, 1530-1798. Corsairs and the Maltese Islands :proceedings of [a] seminar held at the Malta Maritime Museum, Birgu on the 24th October, 1999. 40 p. |
| Abstract: | The knights of St John, private knights who armed their ships for the corso and local Maltese padroni who armed their small vessels against small Muslim merchant ships were all known as Maltese corsairs. Corsairing was the legal maritime activity in the Mediterranean aimed at subduing Muslim ships to be taken as legal prizes and the proceeds to be shared by the crew of a victorious corsair ship. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/11497 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCWHMlt |
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