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Prized Empress Elizabeth Arrives Beset by Corsair Capture
Reports from Algiers dated July describe two Corsair ships returning to port with prizes. The Empress Elizabeth, captained by Joseph Ghe felle, bound from Mocha to Ostend, is said to be the richest capture, carrying vast coffee, gold cloths, golden items, tea, and Benjamin. The crew includes many enslaved but ill sailors. other notes mention Algerine raiders near the port.
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Salvator
Robert Kaa
Igor
Marcéens
Christiana
Ripe
Peter Hanilz Wynichenk
Flesbourg
Bourdeauz
Joseph Ghefelle
Mocha
Benjamin
Malagg
Prague
Hollishaw
Moravia
Ples
Slesia
Warsaw
Cracow
Chancery
Utrecht
Hague
Fhep
Delft
Thacin
Holland
Seco
Paris
SRI Agen
Aken
Batore