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A history of the lives and exploits of the most remarkable pirates, highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c. : Interspersed with several tales, and plesasant songs. Adorned with the essigies of the most notorious offenders, curiously engraven on copper. Published with the leave of the proprietor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Standardized Title:
- General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminals--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Criminals.
- Murderers--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Murderers.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages,373 pages, 3 unnumbered pages,plates ; 2⁰
- Place of Publication:
- Birmingham : Printed and sold by T. Aris, near the Swan, in the High-Street, M.DCC.XLII. [1742]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Capt. Charles Johnson = Daniel Defoe.
- Consists of the lives of the pirates selected from the first volume of Defoe's 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates .. by Captain Charles Johnson', interspersed with selections from the lives of highwaymen and others from Capt. Alexander Smith's 'The history of the lives of the most noted highway-men'.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T190100.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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