02205cam a2200373 4500 generalhistoryof00john CaSfIA 20260513063142.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 760623s1724 xx o 000 0 engs 02015922 (OCoLC)1045564391 DLC IAU SMI WaOLN OCoLC UtOrBLW CaSfIA F2161 .D4 1724 Johnson, Charles, fl. 1724-1731 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. General history of the pirates 2d ed., with considerable additions. By Captain Charles Johnson. London : Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, at the Black-boy in Pater-Noster-Row, 1724. 1 online resource (427 pages 3 plates.) Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. Cf. J. H. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. Bloomington, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188. However, see also P.N. Furbank and W.R. Owens, The canonisation of Daniel Defoe, for a refutation of Defoe's authorship of this work. First ed. was printed for C. Rivington in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates ... By Captain Charles Johnson. extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX Advertisement on verso of leaf with page no. 427. Provenance: To Dr. [Clark?] from Robt. Rennie Sr. and R. [G?] Rennie (presentation inscription); A. Wetmore (autograph) Wetmore Collection. Imperfect copy: lacks 1 plate. Pirates Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978, former owner. DSI https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00john Free eBook from the Internet Archive generalhistoryof00john ark:/13960/t7fr2k746