ABSTRACT
From its inception, the Algiers expedition was seen as an international venture. As early as 28 April 1617, royal servants, merchants, and naval advisers agreed that it was highly desirable, perhaps imperative, to get support from other nations.1 Contributions from Savoy, Venice, France, Spain, and the United Provinces were considered at first, but only the United Provinces and Spain had the requisite naval power, money, or ports to warrant inclusion. Though England, Spain, and the United Provinces had a common interest in suppressing the Barbary pirates, so many political, strategic, economic, and religious issues separated them that co-operation would be difficult to achieve.
