A General History of the Pyrates Revised Edition Contributor(s): Defoe, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486404889 ISBN-13: 9780486404882 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - History | Modern - 18th Century |
Dewey: 364.164 |
LCCN: 98-53669 |
Series: Dover Maritime |
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (2.00 lbs) 800 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Famed 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. |