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

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  • 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
  • General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. Abridgments
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Imprint
London : printed and sold by J. Hollis, No. 21, Shoemaker-Row, Black-Friars, [1790?] A new edition: adorned with twenty-one beautiful cuts, being the representation of each pirate.; ..
Added name
Hollis, J. (James), active 1785-1824, bookseller.
Publication year
1790
ESTC No.
N17447
Grub Street ID
6915
Description
120 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 12°.
Note
Anonymous. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Hutchins, Moore, Novak, Schonhorn). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions

An abridgment and adaptation of "A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates, ..."; With a frontispiece

James Hollis at this address 1785-1824

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Uncontrolled note
This edition not in Moore. James Hollis at this address 1785-1824