The history of the pirates
Subtitle: containing the lives of those noted pirate captains, Misson, Bowen [and others] and their several crews. Also, an account of the piracies and cruelties of John Augur [and others] who were tried, condemned and executed at Nassau, New-Providence, on Friday, the 12th of October, 1718
By: To which is added, a description of Magadoxa, in Ethiopia. By Capt. Charles Johnson
Publisher: Printed; Re-printed by R. Hubbard
Published: 1814
Place of publication: London; Norwich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Pirates
Notes: Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. Cf. J. R. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. Bloomington, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188.

An abridged ed. of The history of the pyrates, first issued in 1728 as v. 2 of the 4th ed. (1726) of A general history of the pyrates, which was originally issued in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.