Produced by Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE LIVES AND ADVENTURES OF SUNDRY NOTORIOUS PIRATES [Illustration] PIRATES _With a _Foreword_ and sundry _Decorations_ by_ C. Lovat Fraser [Illustration] _NEW YORK:_ ROBERT M. McBRIDE AND COMPANY 1922 _First American Edition_ _Printed in the United States of America_ _Printed in Great Britain by Billing and Sons, Ltd., Guildford and Esher._ [Illustration: CAPTAIN AVERY] [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE Foreword vii The Life of Captain Avery 1 Captain John Rackham, and his Crew 17 Captain Spriggs, and his Crew 29 Captain Edward Lowe, and his Crew 37 Captain George Lowther, and his Crew 51 Captain Anstis, and his Crew 65 Captain John Phillips, and his Crew 77 Captain Teach, _alias_ Blackbeard 87 Major Stede Bonnet and his Crew 101 Captain William Kid 117 Captain Edward England, and his Crew 135 Captain John Gow, _alias_ Smith, and his Crew 145 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Captain Avery _frontispiece_ Captain John Rackham _facing page_ 19 Captain Edward Lowe " 39 Captain Teach " 89 Major Stede Bonnet " 103 Captain William Kid " 119 Captain Edward England " 137 Captain John Gow " 147 [Illustration] FOREWORD