A general history of the pyrates : $b from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time — John Shaqi
A general history of the pyrates : $b from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present timeJohnson, Charles, active 1724-1731
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A general history of the pyrates : $b from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time
Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731
Pirates -- Early works to 1800
CHAP. I. Of Captain AVERY, and his CREW.
R_Omantick Reports of his Greatness_, 45, 46. _His Birth_, 46. _Is
Mate of a_ Bristol _Man_, 47, _For what Voyage design'd_, ib. _Tampers with
the Seamen_, ib. _Forms a Plot for carrying off the Ship_, 47, 48.
_Executes it, and how_, ib. _The Pyrates take a rich Ship belonging to the_
Great Mogul, 50. _The_ Great Mogul _threaten the_ English _Settlements_,
51. _The Pyrates steer their Course back for_ Madagascar, 52. _Call a
Council. Put all the Treasure on Board of_ Avery'_s Ship_, ib. Avery _and
his Crew treacherously leaves his Confederates; go to the Isle of_
Providence _in the_ West-Indies, 53. _Sell the Ship, go to_ North-America
_in a Sloop_, 54. _They disperse_, Avery _goes to_ New-England, ib. _From
thence to_ Ireland, ib. Avery _afraid to expose his Diamonds to sale. Goes
over to_ England, ib. _Puts his Wealth into Merchants Hands, of_ Bristol,
55. _Changes his Name. Lives at_ Biddiford, ib. _The Merchants send him no
Supplies_, ib. _Importunes them. Goes privately to_ Bristol, _they threaten
to discover him_, ib. _Goes over to_ Ireland, _sollicites them from
thence_, 56. _Is very poor, works his Passage over to_ Plymouth, _walks to_
Biddiford. _Dies a Beggar_, ib. _An Account of_ Avery'_s Confederates_, ib.
_Their Settlement at_ Madagascar, 57. _They meet other Pyrates; an Account
of them_, ib. _The Pyrates arrive to great Power. The Inhabitants
described_, 58. _Their Policy, Government_, &c. _Places describ'd_, 59.
_The Arrival of Captain_ Woods Rogers _at that Part of the Island_, 61.
_Their Design of surprizing his Ship_, 62. _One of these Princes formerly a
Waterman on the_ Thames, 63. _Their Secretaries, Men of no Learning. Could
neither write nor read_, ib.
CHAP. II. Of Captain MARTEL, and his CREW.
W_AY to suppress Pyrates_, 64. _The Increase of Pyrates accounted
for_, 65. _Where_ Martel _learned his Trade_, ib. _The Names of several
Prizes taken, by him_, 65, 66, 67. _His Strength at_ Sancta Cruz, 67. _His
Manner of fortifying himself there_, ib. _Is attack'd by the_ Scarborough
_Man of War_, 68. _His defence by Land and Sea_, ib. _His desperate
Escape_, 69. _His miserable End_, ib.
CHAP. III. Of Captain TEACH, alias BLACK-BEARD.
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