The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates, and their crews, from Capt. Avery, who first settled at Madagasear, to Capt. John Gow, and James Williams' his lieutenant, &c. who were hanged at Execution Dock, June 11. 1725, for piracy and murther; and afterwards hanged in chains between Blackwall and Deptford. And in this edition continued down to the present year 1729. Giving a more full and true account than any yet published, of all their murthers, piracies, maroonings, places of refuge, and ways of living. The third edition. Adorned with twenty beautiful cuts, being the representation of each pirate. To which is prefixed, an abstract fo laws against piracy

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  • The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates, and their crews, from Capt. Avery, who first settled at Madagasear, to Capt. John Gow, and James Williams' his lieutenant, &c. who were hanged at Execution Dock, June 11. 1725, for piracy and murther; and afterwards hanged in chains between Blackwall and Deptford. And in this edition continued down to the present year 1729. Giving a more full and true account than any yet published, of all their murthers, piracies, maroonings, places of refuge, and ways of living. The third edition. Adorned with twenty beautiful cuts, being the representation of each pirate. To which is prefixed, an abstract fo laws against piracy
  • General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. Abridgments.
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Imprint
London : Printed for Edward Midwinter, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge, 1729.
Added name
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.; Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731. General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.; Midwinter, Edward, -1736, bookseller.
Publication year
1729
ESTC No.
N30069
Grub Street ID
19056
Description
[10], 132 p. : ill., ports. ; 12°.
Note
An abridgment and adaptation of "A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates", sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Hutchins, Moore, Novak, Schonhorn). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions

Price in imprint: Price 1s

Signatures: A]6(-A1) B-F]1]2] G]6.
Uncontrolled note
This ed. not in Moore