General History of the Pyrates (Annotated & Illustrated)

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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.

A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book published in Britain, containing biographies of contemporary pirates. Influential in shaping popular conceptions of pirates, it is the prime source for the biographies of many well known pirates. Its author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, generally considered a pseudonym.

The author has remained unknown in spite of numerous attempts by historians to discover his or her identity. Many scholars have suggested that the author could have been either Daniel Defoe or the publisher Nathaniel Mist (or somebody working for him).