Ottoman Fleet in Archipelago and European Court News
From Antwerp and France arrives word of a large Ottoman fleet with 26 warships and 75 cannon, plus fire ships and bombardment vessels, moving toward the Archipelago. Don Carlo Albany returns with Latin letters to the Pope, while Tuscany’s Great Duke returns from Florence. Lisbon and Vienna reports note military movements, cash subsidies to St George, and preparations against Barbary corsairs. Venice and Madrid relay troop, naval, and ambassadorial updates, with Prince Eugene and Austrian forces active in Hungary and Italy, and trade routes toward the Levant under review.