The king of pirates: being an account of the famous enterprises of Captain Avery, the mock king of Madagascar. With His Rambles and Piracies; wherein all the Sham Accounts formerly publish'd of him, are detected. In two letters from himself; one during his stay at Madagascar, and one since his escape from thence

People / Organizations

• John Avery (Author)
• William Rufus Chetwood ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for A. Bettesworth in Pater-Noster Row, C. King in Westminster-Hall, J. Brotherton and W. Meadows in Cornhill, W. Chetwood in Covent-Garden, and sold by W. Boreham in Pater-Noster Row, [1720] [1719]

Added name

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.

Publication year

1719

ESTC No.

T69707

Grub Street ID

293656

Description

vi, 93, [1] p. ; 8°.

Note

Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Lee, Trent, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions

Published 10 December 1719 (Moore)

Price from imprint: price 1 s. 6 d.