The history of the pirates : containing the lives of those noted pirate captains, Misson, Bowen, Kidd, Tew, Halsey, White, Condent, Bellamy, Fly, Howard, Lewis, Cornelius, Williams, Burgess, North, and their crews : also, an account of the piracies and cruelties of John Auger, William Cunningham, Dennis Mackarthy, William Dowling, William Lewis, Thomas Morris, George Bendall, and William Ling, who were tried, condemned and executed at Nassau, New-Providence, on Friday, the 12th of October, 1718 : to which is added, a description of Magadoxa, in Ethiopia / by Capt. Charles Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Contributor:

Johnson, Charles, Capt.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 31831.

Standardized Title:

General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pirates.

Physical Description:

288 pages

Place of Publication:

Norwich [Conn.] : London, printed, Norwich, Re-printed by R. Hubbard, 1814.

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Notes:

Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. cf. Defoe in the pillory / J.R. Moore. Blooming, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188.

An abridged edition of: The history of the pyrates, first issued in 1728 as v. 2 of the 4th edition (1726) of: A general history of the pyrates, which was originally issued in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.

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