Preliminary Remarks and Acknowledgments Preface: The Waterfront of the Ottoman Empire Introduction: the Rise of Ottoman Turkey from Principality to Empire 1. First War with Venice, 1416-1418 2. Second War with Venice, 1463-147923 3. The Siege of Rhodes, 1480; the Campaign in Puglia (Pulya seferi), 1480-1481 4. The Conquest of Kilia and Akkerman, 1484 5. Ottoman Gazi-Corsairs 6. Third War with Venice, 1499-1502 7. The Great Sixteenth Century 8. The Conquest of Mamluk Syria and Egypt, 1516-1517 9. The Conquest of Algiers, second decade of the 16^th century 10. The Conquest of Rhodes, 1522 11. The Rising Fame of Hayreddin Barbarossa 12. A Historic Appointment, and the First Conquest of Tunis, 1534 13. The Loss of Tunis to the Habsburg Emperor, 1535 14. Fourth War with Venice, 1537-1540 15. The Siege of Corfu, 1537 16. The Battle of Preveza, 1538 17. Sidesteps into the Indian Ocean: the Campaigns of Diu (1538), of Hormuz (1552) 18. The Adventures of Seydi Ali Reis, 1554-1556 19. The Siege of Algiers by the Habsburg Empetor, 1541 20. The Sensation of 1543-1544 21. The Conquest of Tripoli, 1551, and the Cruises of the Ottoman Imperial Fleet at the Peak of the Ottoman Naval Supremacy 22. The Battle of Djerba, 1560 23. The Great Siege of Malta, 1565 24. The Conquest of Chios, 1566 25. Second Sidestep into the Indian Ocean, 1567 26. Fifth War with Venice, 1570-1573, and the Conquest of Cyprus, 1571 27. The Battle of Lepanto, 1571 28. The Definitive Conquest of Tunis, 1574 29. Sixth War with Venice, 1645-1669, and the conquest of Crete, 1669 30. Seventh War with Venice, 1684-1699 31. First Naval War with Russia, 1686-1700 Recapituation and Further Thoughts Conclusion Appendix I: Chronology Appendix II: The Kaptanpaşas from Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa to    Mezomorto Hüseyn Paşa, 1534-1701 Appendix III: Brief Glossary of Basic Terms Bibliography Index.