Cretan War 1645 - 1669, naval action at Rhodes, , attack of galleys of the Order of St. John on Turkish sailing ships, wood engraving, 19th century, after copper engraving by Matthaeus Merian, 1670, cause of war, casus belli, privateering, piracy, act of piracy, piracy, Knights of St. John, knight's order, order of knights, knight order, order of knighthood, Ottoman Empire, naval war, naval wars, Mediterranean Sea, warship, warships, warship, warships, 6th Venetian Great Turkish War, Ottoman wars, 17th century, historic, historical, Matthäus, Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared

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