A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, or simply A General History of the Pyrates, is a 1724 book published in Britain containing biographies of contemporary pir
Cover of the 2nd edition
Illustration of Bartholomew Roberts in the 1724 edition
Engraving of Anne Bonny in the 1725 edition
Edward Teach aka Blackbeard, as engraved by Benjamin Cole in the 1724 edition
Captain Charles Johnson
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Captain Charles Johnson was the British author of the 1724 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, whose identity remains a mystery. No record exists of a ca
A General History of the Pyrates
…but is a fabulous literary one", and that it is the root of a lot of confusion and misconceptions about the history of piracy. Its author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, generally considered a pen name for one of London's writer-publishers. The book also contains the first recorded use of the name Jolly Roger for the…
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