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The history of the pirates [microform] : containing the lives of those noted pirate captains, Misson, Bowen, Kidd, Tew, Halsey, White, Condent, Bellamy, Fly, Howard, Lewis, Cornelius, Williams, Burgess, North, and their crews : also, an account of the piracies and cruelties of John Auger, William Cunningham, Dennis Mackarthy, William Dowling, William Lewis, Thomas Morris, George Bendall, and William Ling, who were tried, condemned and executed at Nassau, New-Providence, on Friday, the 12th of October, 1718 : to which is added, a description of Magadoxa, in Ethiopia / by Capt. Charles Johnson
Bib ID 1567443
Format MicroformMicroform, BookBook
Author
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
 
Uniform Title General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates
Description Norwich [Conn.] : London, printed, Norwich, Re-printed by R. Hubbard, 1814 
288 p. 
Series

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 31831.

Notes

Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. cf. Defoe in the pillory / J.R. Moore. Blooming, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188.

An abridged edition of: The history of the pyrates, first issued in 1728 as v. 2 of the 4th edition (1726) of: A general history of the pyrates, which was originally issued in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.

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Shaw & Shoemaker, 31831.

Reproduction Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex Microprint, courtesy of American Antiquarian Society, 1975. 3 microopaques ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 31831). 
Subjects Pirates.
Place United States Connecticut Norwich.
Other authors/contributors Johnson, Charles, Capt

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