The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates, and their crews : from Captain Avery, who first settled at Madagascar, to Captain John Gow, and James Williams, his Lieutenant, &c. who were hanged at Execution Dock, on June 11, 1725, for Piracy and Murder, and afterwards hung in Chains between Blackwall and Deptford; and of several others, down to the Year 1735. Giving a more full and true Account than any yet published, of all their Murders, Piracies, Maroonings, Places of Refuge, and Ways of Living. To Which IS Prefixed, An Abstract of the Laws against Piracy. A New Edition: Adorned with Twenty-One beautiful Cuts, being the Representation of each Pirate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Standardized Title:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pirates.

Naval law--Great Britain.

Naval law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120p. ) ill.,port. ;

Edition:

A new edition: adorned with twenty-one beautiful cuts, ..

Other Title:

History and lives of all the most notorious pirates, and their crews

Place of Publication:

London : printed and sold by J. Hollis, No. 21, Shoemaker-Row, Black-Friars, [1790?]

Notes:

Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe.

An abridgment and adaptation of 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates, ..'.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Libraries.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N17447.

OCLC:

642151826