01463nam a22001094504500 6b22dc5a-3439-406c-bf9d-9434028fd7f3 20260507085814.0 Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731. A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates, and also their policies, discipline and government, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, in 1717, to the present year 1724. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny. To which is prefix'd an account of the famous Captain Avery and his companions; with the manner of his death in England. The whole digested into the following chapters; chap. I. Of Captain Avery. II. The rise of Pyrates. III. Of Captain Martel. IV. Of Captain Bonnet. V. Of Captain Thatch. VI. Of Captain Vane. Vii. Of Captain Rackam. Viii. Of Captain England. IX. Of Captain Davis. X. Of Captain Roberts. XI. Of Captain Worley. XII. Of Captain Lowther. XIII. Of Captain Low. XIV. Of Captain Evans. And their several crews. To which is added. A short abstract of the statute and civil law, in, relation to pyracy. By Captain Charles Johnson. London : printed for Ch. Rivington at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, J. Lacy at the Ship near the Temple-Gate, and J. Stone next the Crown Coffee-House the back of Greys-Inn, 1724 [22], 17-320 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 8⁰. 2489 2489 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN GEN 2026-05-07 0 2026-05-07 08:58:14 2026-05-07 BK