The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates, and their crews, from Capt. Avery, who first settled at Madagascar, to Capt. John Gow, and James Williams, his lieutenant, &c. who were hang'd at Execution Dock, June 11. 1725, for piracy and murther; and afterwards hang'd in chains between Blackwall and Deptford. Giving a more full and true account than any yet published, of all their murthers, piracies, maroonings, places of refuge, and ways of living. Adorn'd with twenty beautiful cuts, being the representation of each pirate. To which is prefix'd, 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 Capt. Avery, who first settled at Madagascar, to Capt. John Gow, and James Williams, his lieutenant, &c. who were hang'd at Execution Dock, June 11. 1725, for piracy and murther; and afterwards hang'd in chains between Blackwall and Deptford. Giving a more full and true account than any yet published, of all their murthers, piracies, maroonings, places of refuge, and ways of living. Adorn'd with twenty beautiful cuts, being the representation of each pirate. To which is prefix'd, 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 for Edward Midwinter, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge, 1725.
Added name
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.; Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731. General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.; Midwinter, Edward, -1736, bookseller.
Publication year
1725
ESTC No.
N66516
Grub Street ID
48240
Description
xii, 156 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (woodcuts), ports. ; 12°.
Note
An abridgment and adaptation of "A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates", sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Hutchins, Moore, Novak, Schonhorn). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions

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