Place #8: Algiers, Algeria

In 1541, the Spanish emperor allowed Cortes to accompany Andrea Doria and his fleet to the Barbary Coast of North Africa to Algiers in a struggle against the Ottoman Empire, which controlled the area. Already quite old, Cortes almost drowned in a storm that hit while he and his fleet where chasing the Turks. The mission was unsuccessful, and the Spanish were defeated for the second time by the Ottomans. This expedition was important because it was Cortes’ last expedition before he died in 1547. This expedition also is an example of Cortes’ strong will to keep doing expeditions, despite his old age. 

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