Battle of Curzola
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| Battle of Curzola | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Republic of Genoa | Republic of Venice | ||||||
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| Lamba Doria | Andrea Dandolo† | ||||||
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| Unknown | 95 ships | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| Unknown | 85 ships 9,000 dead 7,000 prisoners |
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The naval Battle of Curzola was fought on September 9, 1298 between the fleets of Genoa and Venice. It was one of many battles fought in the 13th and 14th centuries between Pisa, Genoa and Venice in a long series of wars for the control of Mediterranean and Levant trade.
The battle took place in the seas of southern Dalmatia; more precisely, in the channel between the island of Curzola and the mainland peninsula of Sabbioncella. The Venetians were led by Admiral Andrea Dandolo, son of Doge Giovanni Dandolo, and the Genoese by Lamba Doria. The Genoese were victorious and Dandolo was killed in the fighting.
Venice suffered heavy losses but she managed to equip immediately another 100 galleys and to obtain reasonable peace conditions that did not hamper significatively its power and prosperity.
According to a later tradition recorded by Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Marco Polo was between the Venetian prisoners and he dictated his famous book during the few months of his imprisonment; but whether he was actually caught at this battle or at a previous minor engagement near Laiazzo is unclear.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Polo, Marco; Latham, Ronald (translator) (1958). The Travels of Marco Polo, p. 16. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 1-140-44057-7.
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