A General History of the Pirates (Expanded Edition)

The Original and Best Pirate Book. Often considered to be the primary source for information about the pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy, this book was written around the time these marauders plagued the Seven Seas. Scholars have often linked the pseudonym of Charles Johnson to Daniel Defoe and other authors, but whoever the true author was they speak with obvious knowledge of the subject and of maritime matters in general. This work contains both Volumes of the History of Pirates, with chapters on the following pirates: Henry Avery, John Martel, Edward Teach (Black-beard), Major Stede Bonnet, Edward England, Charles Vane, John (Calico Jack) Rackam, Ann Bonny, Mary Reid, Howel Davis, Bartholomew (Black Bart) Roberts, Thomas Anstis, Richard Worley, George Lowther, Edward Low, John Evans, John Phillips, Francis Spriggs, John Bowen, William Kidd, Thomas Tew, John Halsey, Thomas White, Christopher Condent, Samuel (Black Sam) Bellamy, Captain Fly, Thomas Howard, David Williams, Samuel Burgess, Nathaniel North, and John Augur, as well as the fictional pirates James Misson, William Lewis, and John Cornelius. To round the volume out are extra chapters on Sir Henry Morgan, John Gow, Brigstock Weaver, William Ingram, and John Upton, by the same author. This work is not a cheap scan or the result of copying and pasting; It contains no missing pages, areas of blurred or missing text, photocopier's fingers, coffee stains, or other scanning artifacts. It has all of the original text , reformatted in an easy to read format, with illustrations.