The History of the pirates : containing the lives of those noted pirate captains, Misson, Bowen, Kidd, Tew, Halsey, White, Condent, Bellamy, Fly, Howard, Lewis, Cornelius, Williams, Burgess, North, and their several crews : also, an account of the piracies and cruelties of John Auger, William Cunningham, Dennis Mackarthy, William Dowling, William Lewis, Thomas Morris, George Bendall, and William Ling, who were tried, condemned and executed at Nassau, New-Providence, on the 12th of October, 1718 : to which is added, a correct account of the late piracies committed in the West Indies, and the expedition of Com. Porter

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Notes: Earlier editions have been attributed to Daniel Defoe, based on textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. Cf. J.R. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. Bloomington, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188.; Originally issued in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates, by Captain Charles Johnson (possibly a pen-name for Defoe).