Chapter 5 Rowing to the Rescue: Defending the Black Sea 1559–60

In: Transforming Empire: The Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
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Christine Isom-Verhaaren
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Abstract

“Rowing to the Rescue” analyzes the documents produced concerning the naval events of 1559–60, which strained the resources of the empire to recruit sufficient oarsmen to outfit all the galleys necessary during the naval expeditions that the empire sent to protect its territories both in North Africa at Djerba and in the Black Sea at Kefe. A particular focus is on the naval activities in the Black Sea against a Russian backed adventurer, a Lithuanian border lord, Dymitro Vyshnevets’kyi, who led a Cossack attack. Husam Reis who was reassigned from protecting against piracy in the Aegean, sailed to the Black Sea, but he and his companions had difficulties performing their duties due to the condition of their oarsmen. I argue that naval resources, especially oarsmen, were insufficient for the extensive needs of the empire when multiple attacks on the Ottoman Empire needed a naval response.

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Series:  The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Volume: 80
Cover Transforming Empire: The Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
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9789004704374
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
17 Sep 2024
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Part 1 Peoples
Part 2 Places
Part 3 Practices
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