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The history of the pyrates : containing the lives of Captain Mission. Captain Bowen. Captain Kidd ... and their several crews ; intermix'd with a description of Magadoxa in Ethiopia ... taken from Captain Beavis's Journal; and that of a molotto, who belong'd to the said captain ... To the whole is added an appendix, which compleats the lives of the first volume ... / collected from journals of pyrates ... and from those of commanders, who had fallen into their hands ... Vol. II. By Capt. Charles Johnson, author of vol. I.

Author/creator Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Other author/creatorJohnson, Charles, active 1724-1731.
Other author/creatorDefoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.
Other author/creatorRiviere & Son binder.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for, and sold by T. Woodward ..., [1728]
Description16 unnumbered pages, 413 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates (folded) : map ; 21 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/17002
Subject(s)
Variant title History of the pirates
Local noteJoyner-First preliminary leaf, blank, lacking. Library's copy of v. 1-2 rebound (by Riviere & Son) with uniform spines numbered "Vol. 1" and "Vol. 2". Vol. 1 is of 2nd ed., with title: A general history of the pyrates ... London : T. Warner, 1724.
Local noteJoyner Rare copy- This material was preserved through the Adopt a Book Program by Michael and Alice Taylor.
General noteSometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. Charles Johnson is believed to be a pseudonym.--Cf. ESTC T72262 (v. 1). Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence.--Cf. J.R. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. Bloomington, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188.
General noteLetter "To Captain Johnson," p. 330-335, signed and dated: J. Evans. Feb. 2. 1727-8.
General note"The first volume" was first printed London : C. Rivington, 1724, with title: "A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates ... / by Captain Charles Johnson" [i.e., Defoe].
General noteSignatures: a⁸ B-Dd⁸
General noteHead- and tail-pieces.
General note"Books printed for Tho. Woodward": p. [414-416.]
Other formsAlso available via the World Wide Web.

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