A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Pirates by Charles Johnson

A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Pirates

Charles Johnson

400 pages first pub 1735 (editions)

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First published in 1724 following a marked increase in pirate attacks on the Spanish Main and the resultant Wapping executions, Captain Charles Johnson's A General History of Pirates is the most famous, and most influential, book about pirates ev...

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