Mýkonos

Mykonos lies among the Cyclades, its harbour linked to the shipping routes of the Aegean. After George III Ghisi died in 1390, the island came under direct Venetian rule. In 1537 the Ottoman admiral Barbarossa attacked it; many inhabitants were enslaved and others fled to Tinos.

In later centuries Mykonos became a maritime centre. Its harbour sheltered merchants and sailors as well as pirates with their families and plunder. Island ships joined the Greek War of Independence, and in 1822 the inhabitants resisted an attempted Ottoman landing under Manto Mavrogenous, who also used her own resources to support the struggle.