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Rent A General History of the Pyrates: From Their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the Present Time
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Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Published: Dec 1969
Genre: History - Europe - Great Britain
Retail Price: $34.95
Synopsis
This work was published in 1724 under the pseudonym Captain Charles Johnson by an unknown British author, usually assumed to be Daniel DeFoe. This work is the prime source for the biographies of many well-known pirates of that era and shaped the popular notions about pirates of the day. Included are Blackbeard, Black Bart, Jolly Roger, Anne Bonny (aka Anne Bonn), Edward Teach, Henry Avery, Mary Read, and many more.