The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates and their crews from Captain John Avery, who first settled at Madagascar, to Captain John Gow, and James Williams, his Lieutenant, &c. who were hanged at Execution Dock, June 11, 1735, for Piracy and Murder: and afterwards hanged in chains between Blackwall and Deptford: And in this Edition continued down to the Year 1735. Giving a more full and true Account than any yet published of all their Murders, Piracles, Maroonings, Places of Refuge, and way of Living. To which is prefixed An Abstract of the Laws against Piracy.
- Daniel Defoe
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- M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]
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General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. Abridgments
The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates and their crews from Captain John Avery, who first settled at Madagascar, to Captain John Gow, and James Williams, his Lieutenant, &c. who were hanged at Execution Dock, June 11, 1735, for Piracy and
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Glasgow : printed by Robert Duncan, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]
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The eleventh edition.
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- Full text available: 1788.