The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates and their crews : from Captain John Avery, who first settled at Madagascar, to Captain John Gow, and James Williams, his Lieutenant, &c., ... and in this edition continued down to the year 1735. Giving a more full and true account than any yet published, of all their murders, piracies, maroonings, places of refuge, and way of living. To which is perfixed an abstract of the laws against piracy. Adorned with nineteen beautiful cuts, being the representation of each pirate

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Lewis Walpole Library > The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates and their crews : from Captain John Avery, who first settled at Madagascar, to Captain John Gow, and James Williams, his Lieutenant, &c., ... and in this edition continued down to the year 1735. Giving a more full and true account than any yet published, of all their murders, piracies, maroonings, places of refuge, and way of living. To which is perfixed an abstract of the laws against piracy. Adorned with nineteen beautiful cuts, being the representation of each pirate

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Title: The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates and their crews : from Captain John Avery, who first settled at Madagascar, to Captain John Gow, and James Williams, his Lieutenant, &c., ... and in this edition continued down to the year 1735. Giving a more full and true account than any yet published, of all their murders, piracies, maroonings, places of refuge, and way of living. To which is perfixed an abstract of the laws against piracy. Adorned with nineteen beautiful cuts, being the representation of each pirate
Creator: Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731, author
Contributor: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.
Duncan, Thomas, active 19th century, printer.
Published / Created: MDCCLXXXIII [1783]
Publication Place: Glasgow and Scotland Glasgow
Publisher: Printed by Robert and Thomas Duncan
Description: Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe.
An abridgment and adaptation of 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates'.
Not in ESTC.
For further information, consult library staff.
With bookplate of Wichita City Library Driscoll Piracy Collection.
In slipcase.
Provenance: Purchased from Donald A. Heald; January 2017.
Extent: 105 pages, 1 unnumbered page : 16 cm
Edition: The eleventh edition.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 52 J63 783

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Biography
Early works to 1800
Book illustrations
Woodcuts
Material: 20 woodcut illustrations ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Topic): Pirates
Subjects: Pirates > Biography > Early works to 1800
Pirates
Wichita City Library. Driscoll Piracy Collection > Bookplate

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Orbis Record: 13024278
Object ID (OID): 16228839