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Corsair Encounter and Royal Courtings Across Seaports
A British packet arrives with news of a battle off Capri where a corsair captain Signilano captured two women from a rival vessel, a bloody fight ensues, and 33 of 65 Corsairs survive. reports from Constantinople note plague fears, Georgian governorship, and tensions between Algiers and the Dutch. Hague and Madrid dispatches discuss debt payments, religious grievances, and European peace fears as the King returns to Versailles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Capri
Felice
Cavalier U’sd
Constantinople
Porte
Persia
Miriweis
Derbene
Caspian Sea
Mirjweis
Georgia
Donns Collyer
Algiers
Dulcigne
Hague
Spain
Marequis de Monteleone
Manheim
Heer von Rech
Palatinate
Ratisbon
Utretch
Madrid
Quadra
Buen Retiro