A General History of the PyratesFamed for his enduring fictional masterpieces Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe also possessed considerable expertise in maritime affairs. As a commission merchant, importer, shipowner, and an active journalist who reported "ship news" and interviewed surviving pirates, Defoe achieved a high degree of authority on the subject of buccaneers. His knowledge was such that his book, A General History of the Pyrates, remains the major source of information about piracy in the first quarter of the 18th century. |
Contents
The Preface | 3 |
CHAP VIII | 21 |
The Contents of Volumes I and II 9 | 26 |
Of Captain Avery and his Crew | 49 |
Avery and his Crew treacherously leave his Confederates go to the Isle | 57 |
Of Captain Martel and his Crew | 63 |
His Strength at Santa Cruz 65 His Manner of fortifying himself there ib | 70 |
Runs his Ship aground designedly 75 His Cruelty to some of his own Companions | 76 |
from the Island ib A Conspiracy to run away with the Prize ib A Skirmish ib | 344 |
Cheesemans Steps for overthrowing the Pyrates Government ib A Digression | 350 |
Of Captain Francis Spriggs and his Crew | 352 |
Spriggs his Beginning 352 How he set up for himself ib Sweats his Prisoners | 357 |
Of Captain John Smith and his Crew | 358 |
JNorth of Scotland ib Sail to the Orkneys how discoverd 364 Design to plunder | 367 |
A Relation of five Men setting up for a Company of Pyrates 37 I | 371 |
An Account of the Pyracies and Murders committed by Philip Roche c | 372 |
Force against him and where ib A Proclamation with a Reward for taking or killing | 81 |
Some Memorandums taken from his journal 86 The Names of the Pyrates killd | 94 |
Bred a Gentleman 95 Supposed to be disorderd in his Senses ib His Beginning as | 112 |
Coast of Malabar I 17 What they did at Madagascar I 18 Takes an EastIndia | 121 |
Vanes Behaviour at Providence 135 The Names of Prizes taken by him 135 | 135 |
A Stratagem of Vanes ib Blackbeard and Vane meet 138 They salute after | 147 |
Of Captain John Rackam and his Crew | 153 |
Settles at Breda 155 Her Husband dies she reassumes the Breeches ib Goes | 159 |
Of Captain Howel Davis and his Crew | 166 |
The Original of Davis 166 Is taken by the Pyrate England ib Englands Generosity | 175 |
Dutch Ship ib An Account of several Prizes taken by him ib A Description of | 192 |
Of Captain Bartho Roberts and his Crew | 194 |
His Beginning 194 Elected Captain in the Room of Davis ib The Speech of Lord | 204 |
Roberts falls into a Fleet of Portuguese 204 Boards and takes the richest Ship | 222 |
the African Company taken 228 The Pyrates Contempt of Soldiers ib They are | 240 |
His Ship taken 245 The Behaviour of the Pyrates when Prisoners 246 A Con | 247 |
The Form of the Indictment 253 The Sum of the Evidence against them 253 | 253 |
particular Tryal of Captain James Skyrm 269 Of John Walden 269 270 | 269 |
Davis 280 281 The Names of those executed at Cape Corso 281 282 | 285 |
Of Captain Thomas Anstis and his Crew | 288 |
Of Captain WoRLEY and his CREw | 297 |
His mad Beginning 297 His Success 298 Bind themselves by Oaths to take | 303 |
Of Captain GEORGE LOWTHER and his CREw | 304 |
Lowther and Massey part ib A Digression concerning Masseys mad Conduct | 310 |
CONTENTS | 311 |
Of Captain Edward Low and his Crew 3 18 | 318 |
Lows Original 318 The Virtues of his Family ib His bold Beginnings | 319 |
Declares War against the whole World ib His Success 320 321 Like to perish by | 328 |
Of Captain John Evans and his Crew | 337 |
Of Captain John Phillips and his Crew 34 I | 341 |
An Abstract of the Civil Law and Statute now in Force in Relation to Pyracy | 377 |
A Relation of five men going a Pyrating 371 372 An Account of the Pyracies | 379 |
VOLUME II | 381 |
Of Captain Misson | 383 |
IS Birth and Education 383 He goes on board the Victoire ib Visits Hº is acquainted with a lewd Priest 384 The Saying of a Cardinal 385 Misson carri... | 388 |
Plate made to Misson 392 393 394 Missons Speech to his Men 394 395 He | 395 |
A Jamaica Privateer taken by Stratagem 395 396 The Privateer dischargd meets | 403 |
Of Captain William Kid | 440 |
Of Captain John Bowen | 452 |
Of Captain Halsey and his Crew | 465 |
Of Captain Thomas White and his Crew | 472 |
Of Captain Thomas Howard and his Crew | 487 |
Of Captain David Williams and his Crew | 497 |
Of Captain Samuel Burgess and his Crew | 506 |
Of Captain Nathaniel North and his Crew 5 I I | 511 |
A Description of Magadoxa | 540 |
Of Captain Condent and his Crew | 581 |
Of Captain Bellamy and his Crew | 585 |
Of Captain Lewis and his Crew | 593 |
Of Captain Cornelius and his Crew | 599 |
Of Captain William Fly and his Crew | 606 |
Appendix to the First Volume | 615 |
of the Kings Pardon 623 Anne Bonny proposes to her Husband his selling her | 626 |
Governor Rogers his Sloops seized 628 629 Turnley c maroond 630 Their | 640 |
The Tryal of the Pyrates at Providence | 642 |
Tryal of the Pyrates 642 to 657 Their Behaviour and Execution 657 to | 660 |
Commentary and Notes | 661 |
Postscript to the Dover Edition | 697 |
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