Sack of Madeira

Sack of Madeira
Date	1617
Location	Madeira, Portugal
Result	Algerian victory • Capture of Madeira ; • 1,200 enslaved
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Regency of Algiers
Strength
Unknown	8 vessels; 800 men
Casualties and losses
1,200 enslaved	Unknown

The sack of Madeira occurred in 1617 when Algerian pirates sacked the Island and took 1,200 inhabitants as slaves.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The Algerians had established a base on the islands of Cape Verde from which they operated against ships in the Atlantic.^[4]^[7]

In 1617 the Algerians arrived in Madeira with 8 vessels and 800 men.^[5] They plundered the island and enslaved 1,200 inhabitants.^[7] During the sack, the Algerians burned the island's archives and sacked much, including church bells.^[8]^[9]^[4] It is also said that they had emptied the Portuguese island of Porto Santo enslaving 663 inhabitants.^[10]

The activity of the Algerian pirates only seemed to increase later sacking Baltimore in Ireland as well as the famous raid in Iceland.^[7]

References[edit]

^ Historic Ships Rupert Holland BoD – Books on Demand,
^ KUKLALARIN EFENDİSİ: KADERİN TOHUMLARI Namık GÜLSÜN Author House,
^ Etudes algériennes: la course, l'esclavage et la redemption à Alger Henri Delmas de Grammont Daupeley-Gouverneur,
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Cambridge Historical Journal, Volume 8 Cambridge University Press,
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d White Women Captives in North Africa: Narratives of Enslavement, 1735-1830 K. Bekkaoui Springer,
^ The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II: Volume II Fernand Braudel University of California Press,
^ ^a ^b ^c The Verneys: Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England Adrian Tinniswood Random House,
^ Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands, and Azores: A Practical and Complete Guide for the Use of Tourists and Invalids A. Samler Brown Simpkins, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent,
^ War and Society in the Seventh Century Sir George Norman Clark CUP Archive
^ The Corsairs’ Longest Voyage: The Turkish Raid in Iceland 1627 ‪Þorsteinn Helgason BRILL,

[1] Historic Ships Rupert Holland BoD – Books on Demand,

[2] KUKLALARIN EFENDİSİ: KADERİN TOHUMLARI Namık GÜLSÜN Author House,

[3] Etudes algériennes: la course, l'esclavage et la redemption à Alger Henri Delmas de Grammont Daupeley-Gouverneur,

[Cambridge-4] The Cambridge Historical Journal, Volume 8 Cambridge University Press,

[Bekkaoui-5] White Women Captives in North Africa: Narratives of Enslavement, 1735-1830 K. Bekkaoui Springer,

[6] The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II: Volume II Fernand Braudel University of California Press,

[Tinniswood-7] The Verneys: Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England Adrian Tinniswood Random House,

[8] Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands, and Azores: A Practical and Complete Guide for the Use of Tourists and Invalids A. Samler Brown Simpkins, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent,

[9] War and Society in the Seventh Century Sir George Norman Clark CUP Archive

[10] The Corsairs’ Longest Voyage: The Turkish Raid in Iceland 1627 ‪Þorsteinn Helgason BRILL,

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