(PIRATES) Johnson Charles A General History of the Pyrates f

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(PIRATES.) Johnson, Charles. A General History of the Pyrates, from their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence. 3 plates. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, tastefully rebacked in period style, joints just starting; minor ink spotting on a few leaves. London, 1724

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Second edition, expanded. The source of many enduring pirate facts and legends concerning Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, buried treasure, and the Jolly Roger. The purported author, Captain Charles Johnson, was possibly a pseudonym. Daniel Defoe's 1960 bibliographer asserts that Defoe was the true author (Moore 458), though this attribution has been disputed. "This rare work embodies many items relating to the Colonial History of British America, nowhere else extant"--Sabin 36188. European Americana 724/51; Howes J127 ("aa").