A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates: From Their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence to the Present YearA General History of the Pirates has long been a classic of seafaring literature and was inspiration to both Robert Louis Stevenson and J.M. Barrie. Nothing is known about Captain Charles Johnson, and it is thought that the name may be assumed - there are even some who believe he may have been Daniel Defoe. All that can be stated with any certainty is that in 1724 a small octavo volume appeared that became so popular it grew through 4 editions over 2 years and is still famed today. Historians from both sides of the Atlantic have attested to the accuracy of the work's content. This is a reprint of the 1927 reissued 4th edition - enhanced by the Arthur L. Hayward's editorial touches. |
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Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
Of Capt Avery and his Crew | 23 |
Of Capt Martel and his Crew | 37 |
Of Capt Teach alias BlackBeard | 45 |
Of Major Stede Bonnet and his Crew | 67 |
Of Capt Edward England and his Crew | 85 |
Of Capt Charles Vane and his Crew | 105 |
Of Capt John Rackam and his Crew | 118 |
Of Capt John Bowen | 373 |
Of Capt William Kid and his Crew | 384 |
Of Capt Tew and his Crew | 397 |
Of Capt Halsey and his Crew | 417 |
Of Capt Thomas White and his Crew | 423 |
Of Capt Condent and his Crew | 437 |
A Description of Magadoxa | 441 |
Of Capt Bellamy | 480 |
Of Mary Read and Anne Bonny the female Pirates | 129 |
Of Capt Howel Davis and his Crew | 142 |
Of Capt Bartho Roberts and his Crew | 167 |
Of Capt Anstis and his Crew | 255 |
Of Capt Worley and his Crew | 264 |
Of Capt George Lowther and his Crew | 271 |
Of Capt Edward Low and his Crew | 284 |
Of Capt John Evans and his Crew | 303 |
Of Capt John Phillips and his Crew | 306 |
Of Capt Spriggs and his Crew | 317 |
Of Capt John Smith alias Gow | 323 |
An account of the Piracies Murders etc committed by Philip Roche etc | 334 |
Of Capt Misson and his Crew | 340 |
Of Capt William Fly and his Crew | 488 |
Of Capt Thomas Howard and his Crew | 496 |
Of Capt Lewis and his Crew | 505 |
Of Capt Cornelius and his Crew | 510 |
Of Capt David Williams and his Crew | 516 |
Of Capt Samuel Burgess and his Crew | 525 |
Of Capt Nathaniel North and his Crew | 530 |
Of the Piracies of Capt Auger | 557 |
The Trial of the Pirates at Providence | 576 |
An Abstract of the Law in Relation to Piracy | 593 |
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| Title | A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates: From Their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence to the Present Year Volume 4 of Key Writings on Subcultures, 1535-1727: Classics from the Underworld, Arthur Lawrence Hayward, ISBN 0415286751, 9780415286756 Volume 4 of Key writings on subcultures Volume 4 of Key writings on subcultures, 1535-1727 Previously Published 1726 and 1927 |
| Author | Charles Johnson |
| Editor | Arthur L. Hayward |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0415286794, 9780415286794 |
| Length | 604 pages |
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