A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c. To which is added, a genuine account of the voyages and plunders of the most notorious pyrates, ... By Capt. Charles Johnson.
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- A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c. To which is added, a genuine account of the voyages and plunders of the most notorious pyrates, ... By Capt. Charles Johnson.
- General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. Selections
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London: printed for H. Slater; F. Noble; and T. Wright, 1742.
- Publication year
- 1742-1742
- ESTC No.
- N18301
- Grub Street ID
- 7783
- Description
- [2],235,226-484,[2]p.,plates ; 2⁰
- Note
- Charles Johnson is believed to be a pseudonym.
Consists of the lives of the pirates selected from the first volume of 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates .. by Captain Charles Johnson' (sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions), interspersed with selections from the lives of highway men and others from Capt. Alexander Smith's 'The history of the lives of the most noted highway-men'.
Titlepage in red and black.
Text is continuous despite pagination.
- Uncontrolled note
- Pp.177-186 misnumbered 187-194