ABSTRACT
The case of the attack of the Duke of Osuna and his fleet against Venetian ships was finally resolved just a few years before the opening of the Fondaco dei Turchi on the Grand Canal in 1621. The irony of the opening of the Fondaco dei Turchi is that it came at a time when, according to Osman II, Ottoman traders were no longer using the port of Split and coming to Venice because of fears that the Venetians could not guarantee a sufficient level of protection. Much less is known about the relationship between Ottoman territories and places outside the empire. Ottoman officials and powerful people in Bosnia and Herzegovina had a significant amount of influence with the Venetian government. The Duke of Osuna, who in the Venetians' eyes represented a rogue and an outcast, not only was at the center of Spanish politics but also deeply involved in relations with the Ottoman Empire.
