A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time.
Subtitle: With the remarkable Actions and Adventures of the two Female Pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny; Contain'd in the following Chapters, Introduction. Chap. I. Of Capt. Avery. II. Of Capt. Martel. III. Of Capt. Teach. IV. Of Capt. Bonnet. V. Of Capt. England. VI. Of Capt. Vane. VII. Of Capt. Rackham. VIII. Of Capt. Davis. IX. Of Capt. Roberts. X. Of Capt. Anstis. XI. Of Capt. Worley. XII. Of Capt. Lowther. XIII. Of Capt. Low. XIV. Of Capt. Evans. XV. Of Capt. Phillips. XVI. Of Capt. Spriggs. And their several Crews. To which is added. A short Abstract of the Statute and Civil Law, in Relation to Pyracy.
By: By Captain Charles Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, Charles, fl. 1724-1731.
Edition: The second Edition, with considerable Additions
Publisher: Andesite Press
Published: 1724
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: Pirates
Description: Plates facing pp. 70, 157 and folded plate facing p. 259.
Notes: Charles Johnson is believed to be a pseudonym.
General Note: Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.
General Note: First edition entitled 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates, .. '.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION.
pagenum: 17; title: CHAP. I. Of Captain Avery, And his Crew.
pagenum: 45; title: CHAP. II. Of Captain Martel, And his Crew.
pagenum: 64; title: CHAP. III. Of Captain Teach, alias Black-beard.
pagenum: 70; title: CHAP. IV. Of Major Stede Bonnet, And his Crew.
pagenum: 91; title: CHAP. V. Of Capt. Edward England, And his Crew.
pagenum: 113; title: CHAP. VI. Of Captain Charles Vane, And his Crew.
pagenum: 141; title: CHAP. VII. Of Captain John Rackam, And his Crew.
pagenum: 150; title: The Life of Mary Read.
pagenum: 157; title: The Life of Anne Bonny.
pagenum: 165; title: CHAP. IX. Of Captain Howel Davis, And his Crew.
pagenum: 174; title: CHAP. XI. Of Captain Bartho. Roberts, And his Crew.
pagenum: 208; title: The Tryals of the Pyrates, Taken by his Majesty's Ship the Swallow, begun at Cape Corso-Castle, on the Coast of Africa, March the 28th, 1722.
pagenum: 281; title: CHAP. XII. Of Captain Anstis, And his Crew.
pagenum: 330; title: CHAP. XIII. Of Captain Worley, And his Crew.
pagenum: 342; title: CHAP. XIV. Of Capt. George Lowther, And his Crew.
pagenum: 347; title: CHAP. XV. Of Captain Edward Low, And his Crew.
pagenum: 366; title: CHAP. XVI. Of Capt. John Evans, And his Crew.
pagenum: 391; title: CHAP. XVII. Of Captain John Phillips, And his Crew.
pagenum: 396; title: CHAP. XVIII. Of Captain Spriggs, And his Crew.
pagenum: 411; title: An Account of the Pyracies and Murders committed by Philip Roche, &c.
pagenum: 418; title: An Abstract of the Civil Law and Statute Law now in Force, in Relation to Pyracy.
pagenum: 424