The Corona Ottomana (also called the San Salvador) was an Ottoman galley ship known for being the site of a slave revolt by Christian slaves in 1760.
Slave uprising
editOn 2 June 1760 the Corona Ottomana left Constantinople with 750 men on board, including 71 Christian slaves.[1] Its mission was to collect taxes from the Levant on behalf of the Ottoman Treasury.
The slaves captured the ship whilst the other men were on land collecting taxes.[2] Led by Giovanni del Core, they sailed the ship to Malta.[3]
Once in Malta the ship was renamed the San Salvador, and added to the squadron of the Knights Hospitallers.[2]
After the Turkish Sultan threatened to invade Malta, the Knights Hospitallers agreed to return the ship to the Ottoman Porte in return for a large indemnity.[3] The ship returned to Constantinople in 1762.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Quintano, Anton (2003). The Maltese-Hospitaller sailing ship squadron: 1701-1798. pp. 103, 104.
- ^ a b c AYŞE DEVRİM ATAUZ (2004). TRADE, PIRACY, AND NAVAL WARFARE IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN: THE MARITIME HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF MALTA. p. 236.
- ^ a b Mercieca, Simon (2006). "MARRIAGE PROSPECTS IN EARLY MODERN MALTA: THE INTEGRATION OF VENETIAN SUBJECTS IN AN ALIEN COUNTRY". Melita Historica. 14 (3): 303–324.
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