A general history of the pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny ... To which is added, a short abstract of the statute and civil law, in relation to pyracy. By Captain Charles Johnson.Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.1724Attributed to Defoe by Professor John R. Moore of Indiana university.The frontispiece noted by Sabin, and found in the 1st and 3d editions are wanting in this copy.text