Lives of the most notorious pirates
By: by Captain Charles Johnson. Edited, with an introd. by Christopher Lloyd, from the text of Arthur L. Hayward.
Contributors: Johnson, Charles, fl. 1724-1736.; Lloyd, Christopher, 1906-; Hayward, Arthur Lawrence, 1885-1967.
Publisher: The Folio Society
Published: 1962
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Pirates
Work titles: General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.
Notes: A selection from the 4th ed. of Captain Johnson's General history.--Introd., p. 11.

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.

First published in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pirates.