and the Archbishop of Mytilene Leonardo di Chio: 300,000).

Ottoman dispositions and strategies

Mehmed built a fleet (crewed partially by Spanish sailors from Gallipoli) to besiege the city from the sea. Contemporary estimates of the strength of the Ottoman fleet span from 110 ships to 430 (Tedaldi: 110; Barbaro: 145; Ubertino Pusculo: 160, Isidore of Kiev and Leonardo di Chio: 200-250; (Sphrantzes): 430). A more realistic modern estimate predicts a fleet strength

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