A General History Of The Pyrates
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A General History Of The Pyrates
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Author : Daniel Defoe
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-05-11
A General History Of The Pyrates written by Daniel Defoe and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-11 with History categories.
Considered the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century, this fascinating history by the author of Robinson Crusoe profiles the deeds of Edward (Blackbeard) Teach, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, others.
A General History Of The Robberies And Murders Of The Most Notorious Pirates
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Author : Charles Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2002
A General History Of The Robberies And Murders Of The Most Notorious Pirates written by Charles Johnson and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
This is a print of the 1927 reissued 4th edition of A General History of the Pirates- enhanced by the Arthur L. Hayward's editorial touches.
A General History Of The Pyrates
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Author : Daniel Defoe
language : en
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Release Date : 2022-04-18
A General History Of The Pyrates written by Daniel Defoe and has been published by Lindhardt og Ringhof this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-18 with Fiction categories.
‘A General History of the Pyrates’ is a captivating account of some of history’s most notorious pirates. The author, writing as Captain Charles Johnson, blends fiction and non-fiction to provide readers with a most entertaining version of these iconic heroes and villains. This book was a massive success upon its first release due to its adventurous stories filled with danger and treasure and its influence lives on to this day as it shaped the modern view of pirates. Some of the best accounts in the book are of the infamous Blackbeard and the trailblazing female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. ‘A General History of the Pyrates’ is the definitive story of the golden age of piracy and should be read by fans of books such as ‘Treasure Island’ and movies such as ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. Daniel Defoe (1660 – 1731) is one of the most important authors in the English language. Defoe was one of the original English novelists and greatly helped to popularise the form. Defoe was highly prolific and is believed to have written over 300 works ranging from novels to political pamphlets. He was highly celebrated but also controversial as his writings influenced politicians but also led to Defoe being imprisoned. Defoe’s novels have been translated into many languages and are still read across the globe to this day. Some of his most famous books include ‘Moll Flanders’ and ‘Robinson Crusoe’ which was adapted into a movie starring Pierce Brosnan and Damian Lewis in 1997. Defoe’s influence on English novels cannot be understated and his legacy lives on to this day.
A General History Of The Pyrates From Their First Rise And Settlement In The Island Of Providence To The Present Time
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Author : Daniel Defoe
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
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A General History Of The Pyrates From Their First Rise And Settlement In The Island Of Providence To The Present Time written by Daniel Defoe and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
A General History Of The Pyrates From Their First Rise And Settlement In The Island Of Providence To The Present Time The Original Classic Edition
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Author : Daniel Defoe
language : en
Publisher: Emereo Publishing
Release Date : 2013-03-18
A General History Of The Pyrates From Their First Rise And Settlement In The Island Of Providence To The Present Time The Original Classic Edition written by Daniel Defoe and has been published by Emereo Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-18 with Fiction categories.
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of A General History of the Pyrates- - from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, - to the present time. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Daniel Defoe, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have A General History of the Pyrates- - from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, - to the present time in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside A General History of the Pyrates- - from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, - to the present time: Look inside the book: Every Man who has used the West-India Trade, knows this to be true; therefore, since we are so well acquainted with all their Motions, I cannot see why our Men of War under a proper Regulation, may not go to the Southward, instead of lying up all the Winter useless: But I shall proceed too far in this Enquiry, I shall therefore quit it, and say something of the following Sheets, which the Author may venture to assure the Reader that they have one Thing to recommend them, which is Truth; those Facts which he himself was not an Eye-Witness of, he had from the authentick Relations of the Persons concern’d in taking the Pyrates, as well as from the Mouths of the Pyrates themselves, after they were taken, and he conceives no Man can produce better Testimonies to support the Credit of any History. ...This Beginning was mean and inconsiderable, having but two or three Ships, and a few Men, with which they cruised about the Greek Islands, taking such Ships as were very ill arm’d or weakly defended; however, by the taking of many Prizes, they soon increased in Wealth and Power: The first Action of their’s which made a Noise, was the taking of Julius Cæsar, who was as yet a Youth, and who being obliged to fly from the Cruelties of Sylla, who sought his Life, went into Bithinia, and sojourned a while with Nicomedes, King of that Country; in his Return back by Sea, he was met with, and taken, by some of these Pyrates, near the Island of Pharmacusa: These Pyrates had a barbarous Custom of tying their Prisoners Back to Back and throwing them into the Sea; but, supposing Cæsar to be some Person of a high Rank, because of his purple Robes, and the Number of his Attendants, they thought it would be more for their Profit to preserve him, in hopes of receiving a great Sum for his Ransom; therefore they told him he should have his Liberty, provided he would pay them twenty Talents, which they judg’d to be a very high Demand, in our Money, about three thousand six hundred Pounds Sterling; he smiled, and of his own Accord promised them fifty Talents; they were both pleased, and surpriz’d at his Answer, and consented that several of his Attendants should go by his Direction and raise the Money; and he was left among these Ruffians with no more than 3 Attendants. ...At length his Attendants return’d with his Ransom, which he paid, and was discharged; he sail’d for the Port of Miletum, where, as soon as he was arriv’d, he used all his Art and Industry in fitting out a Squadron of Ships, which he equipp’d and arm’d at his own Charges; and sailing in Quest of the Pyrates, he surpriz’d them as they lay at Anchor among the Islands, and took those who had taken him before, with some others; the Money he found upon them he made Prize of, to reimburse his Charges, and he carry’d the Men to Pergamus or Troy, and there secured them in Prison: In the mean Time, he apply’d himself to Junius, then Governor of Asia, to whom it belonged to judge and de
A General History Of The Pyrates
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Author : Daniel Defoe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1724
A General History Of The Pyrates written by Daniel Defoe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1724 with Brigands and robbers categories.
A General History Of The Pyrates By Daniel Defoe
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Author : Peacock Books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-07-25
A General History Of The Pyrates By Daniel Defoe written by Peacock Books and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-25 with categories.
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book published in Britain containing biographies of contemporary pirates, which was influential in shaping popular conceptions of pirates. Its author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, generally considered a pseudonym for one of London's writer-publishers. The prime source for the biographies of many well-known pirates, the book gives an almost mythical status to the more colourful characters, and it is likely that the author used considerable licence in his accounts of pirate conversations. The book also contains the name of the pirate flag the Jolly Roger and shows the skull and bones design.
Black Flags Blue Waters The Epic History Of America S Most Notorious Pirates
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Author : Eric Jay Dolin
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2018-09-18
Black Flags Blue Waters The Epic History Of America S Most Notorious Pirates written by Eric Jay Dolin and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-18 with History categories.
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters is “rumbustious enough for the adventure-hungry” (Peter Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle). Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age” - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. “Deftly blending scholarship and drama” (Richard Zacks), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Through engrossing episodes of roguish glamour and extreme brutality, Dolin depicts the star pirates of this period, among them the towering Blackbeard, the ill-fated Captain Kidd, and sadistic Edward Low, who delighted in torturing his prey. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Black Flags, Blue Waters is a “tour de force history” (Michael Pierce, Midwestern Rewind) of the seafaring outlaws whose raids reflect the precarious nature of American colonial life.
Piracy
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Author : Adrian Johns
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-01-15
Piracy written by Adrian Johns and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-15 with Law categories.
Since the rise of Napster and other file-sharing services in its wake, most of us have assumed that intellectual piracy is a product of the digital age and that it threatens creative expression as never before. The Motion Picture Association of America, for instance, claimed that in 2005 the film industry lost $2.3 billion in revenue to piracy online. But here Adrian Johns shows that piracy has a much longer and more vital history than we have realized—one that has been largely forgotten and is little understood. Piracy explores the intellectual property wars from the advent of print culture in the fifteenth century to the reign of the Internet in the twenty-first. Brimming with broader implications for today’s debates over open access, fair use, free culture, and the like, Johns’s book ultimately argues that piracy has always stood at the center of our attempts to reconcile creativity and commerce—and that piracy has been an engine of social, technological, and intellectual innovations as often as it has been their adversary. From Cervantes to Sonny Bono, from Maria Callas to Microsoft, from Grub Street to Google, no chapter in the story of piracy evades Johns’s graceful analysis in what will be the definitive history of the subject for years to come.
A General History Of The Lives Murders And Adventures Of The Most Notorious Highwaymen Pub Nov 2020
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Author : Charles Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
A General History Of The Lives Murders And Adventures Of The Most Notorious Highwaymen Pub Nov 2020 written by Charles Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Captain Charles Johnson's celebrated 'A General History of the Pirates' (1724) is the most famous book about pirates ever written. Buoyed by the volume's runaway success Johnson followed up with the equally engrossing 'The Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen' (1734) which, published here for the first time in two centuries, provides over 50 accounts of the most notorious British criminals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These include the famous highwayman William Davis, alias The Golden Farmer, the cross-Channel gentleman highwayman Claude du Vall, the prolific road adventurer Old Mob and the royalist carriage raider James Hind. Johnson's volumes, featuring fictional accounts based on factual sources, are significant as the forerunners of the real-life criminal biography genre, and for their influence on such early novels as Defoe's 'Moll Flanders' and Fielding's 'Jonathan Wild'. Originally published in folio size complete with fine engravings, this new edition of 'Highwaymen' not only includes the very best of these original decorative features but also presents a series of related illustrations, playbills, and portraits from the British Library collections.