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A General History of the Pyrates (Dover Maritime) - Softcover

Defoe, Daniel; Schonhorn, Manuel

 
9780486404882: A General History of the Pyrates (Dover Maritime)

Synopsis

Immensely readable history by the author of Robinson Crusoe incorporates the author's celebrated flair for journalistic detail, and represents the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century. Defoe recounts the daring and bloody deeds of such outlaws as Edward Teach (alias Blackbeard), Captain Kidd, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, many others.

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Synopsis

Best known as the author of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe was also an expert in maritime affairs. He put that expertise, and his literary talents, into this work, one of the major sources of information about piracy in the early 18th century.'

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