Contents: Acknowledgements 1 After Braudel: a Reassessment of Mediterranean History between the Northern Invasion and the Caravane Maritime Maria Fusaro Fusaro, Maria 1 2 The English in the Mediterranean, 1600-1630: A Post-Braudelian Perspective on the 'Northern Invasion' Colin Heywood Heywood, Colin 23 3 Plague and Seafaring in the Ottoman Mediterranean in the Eighteenth Century Daniel Panzac Panzac, Daniel 45 4 In the Regency of Algiers: the Human Side of the Algerine Corso Fatiha Loualich Loualich, Corso Fatiha 69 5 Slave Histories and Memories in the Mediterranean World Salvatore Bono Bono, Salvatore 97 6 The Maghariba and the Sea: Maritime Decline in North Africa in the Early Modern Period Nabil Matar Matar, Nabil 117 7 Sacra Militia, the Order of St. John: Crusade, Corsairing and Trade in Rhodes and Malta, 1460-1631 Ann Williams Williams, Ann 139 8 Maritime Caravans and the Knights of St. John: Aspects of Mediterranean Seaborne Traffic (Sixteenth-Eighteenth Centuries) Simon Mercieca Mercieca, Simon 157 9 "Victims of Piracy?" Ottoman Lawsuits in Malta (1602-1687) and the Changing Course of Mediterranean Maritime History Molly Greene Greene, Molly 177 10 Greek-Ottoman Captains in the Service of Spanish Commerce in the Late Eighteenth Century Eloy Martin Corrales Corrales, Eloy Martin 203 11 The "Eastern Invasion": Greeks in Mediterranean Trade and Shipping in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Gelina Harlaftis Harlaftis, Gelina 223 12 Rewriting the Sea from the Desert Shore: Equine and Equestrian Perspectives on a New Maritime History Donna Landry Landry, Donna 253 13 Representing the Early Modern Mediterranean in Contemporary North Africa Mohamed-Salah Omri Omri, Mohamed-Salah 279 Bibliography 299