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 ... To which is added, a short abs[t]ract of the statute and civil law, in relation to pyracy
By: by Captain Charles Johnson
Contributors: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 attributed name; Cole, B. (Benjamin), engraver
Edition: The third edition.
Publisher: Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, at the Black-boy in Pater-Noster-Row
Published: 1725
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Pirates
Notes: Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. Charles Johnson is believed to be a pseudonym. Cf. ESTC

First ed. was printed for C. Rivington, London, in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates ... By Captain Charles Johnson.

Edition statement precedes authorship statement on title page.

Pages 435-445 incorrectly numbered 417-427.

Signatures: A⁸ a² B-2B⁸ 2C⁸ (-2C8) ²C2⁸ *cc² 2D⁶.

Plates signed: B. Cole, sculp.

LC copy uniformly bound with vol. 2 of London: T. Woodward edition of 1726-1728.

ESTC T71965