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La storia immensamente leggibile dell'autore di Robinson Crusoe incorpora il celebre talento dell'autore per i dettagli giornalistici e rappresenta la principale fonte di informazioni sulla pirateria all'inizio del XVIII secolo. Defoe racconta le gesta audaci e sanguinose di fuorilegge come Edward Teach (alias Barbanera), Capitan Kidd, Mary Read, Anne Bonny e molti altri.

Illustrations Editor's Introduction A Note on the Text Sailing Ships I. A Description of a Ship with all her Tackling 2. Definitions of Old Sea-Craft Volume I A General History of the Pyrates The Preface The Contents of Volumes I and II The Introduction Chap. I Of Captain Avery and his Crew II Of Captain Martel and his Crew III "Of Captain Teach, alias Black-beard" IV Of Major Stede Bonnet and his Crew V Of Captain Edward England and his Crew VI Of Captain Charles Vane and his Crew VII Of Captain John Rackam and his Crew The Life of Mary Read The Life of Anne Bonny VIII Of Captain Howel Davis and his Crew "A Description of the Islands of St. Thome, Del Principe, and Annobono" IX "Of Captain Bartho, Roberts and his Crew" "A Description of Brazil, &c." The Tryals of the Pyrates X Of Captain Thomas Anstis and his Crew XI Of Captain Worley and his Crew XII Of Captain George Lowther and his Crew XIII Of Captain Edward Low and his Crew XIV Of Captain John Evans and his Crew XV Of Captain John Phillips and his Crew XVI Of Captain Francis Spriggs and his Crew XVII Of Captain John Smith and his Crew A Relation of five Men setting up for a Company of Pyrates "An Account of the Pyracies and Murders committed by Philip Roche, &c." "An Abstract of the Civil Law and Statute now in Force, in Relation to Pyracy" Volume II Chap. I Of Captain Mission II Of Captain Tew and his Crew III Of Captain William Kid IV Of Captain John Bowen V Of Captain Halsey and his Crew VI Of Captain Thomas White and his Crew VII Of Captain Thomas Howard and his Crew VIII Of Captain David Williams and his Crew IX Of Captain Samuel Burgess and his Crew X Of Captain Nathaniel North and his Crew XI A Description of Magadoxa XII Of Captain Condent and his Crew XIII Of Captain Bellamy and his Crew XIV Of Captain Lewis and his Crew XV Of Captain Cornelius and his Crew XVI Of Captain William Fly and his Crew XVII Appendix to the First Volume XVIII The Tryal of the Pyrates at Providence Commentary and Notes Postscript to the Dover Edition Indexes