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A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c. To which is added, a genuine account of ... pyrates. ... By Capt. Charles Johnson.
A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen murderers streetrobbers c To which is added a genuine account of pyrates By Capt Charles Johnson Author:Charles Johnson The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest... more » archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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British Library
T112552
Charles Johnson is believed to be a pseudonym. Consists of the lives of the pirates selected from the first volume of 'A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates .. by Captain Charles Johnson' (sometimes attributed to Da
London : printed for and sold by J. Janeway; and by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1734. [2],484,[2]p.,plates ; 2°« less