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Pirates and Politics Reach Lisbon and Mequinez in July News
Notices report Barbary slave killings near Mequinez after a ransomed brother failed to leave Tetuan. Ambassadors and czars stir Eastern affairs with Persia and Sophi events. Brussels and Offend shipments to East Indies, and a Savoy prince birthday noted amid European court maneuvering. Weather, ships, and port arrivals pepper the period’s sea-borne chatter.
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Algiers
Tripoly
Malta
Cadiz
Lisbon
Barbary
Gibraltar
Mequinez
Morocco
Tetuan
Mante
Hamburg
Petersburg
Persia
Sophi 3
Sophi
Caspian Sea
Baku
Amsterdam Courant
Paris
Palatin
House of Medicis
Tuscany
Carinot
Italy
Brussels
Eugénie of Savoy
Offend
East-Indies