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Pirates: A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates

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Pirates: A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates - Johnson, Charles, and Cordingly, David (Volume editor)
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A facsimile edition of a classic source for the history of piracy, as used by Robert Louis Stevenson in the writing of Treasure Island. Captain Charles Johnson's General History of Pirates was one of the best-selling books of 1724, when it was first published. It provides a sweeping account of what has come to be called the Golden Age of Piracy. It went through four editions in two years, and without doubt owed a substantial part of its success to a dramatic writing style that vividly captures the realities of pirates' ...

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Pirates: A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates 2017, Osprey Publishing, London

ISBN-13: 9781472830487

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