The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II.: Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their several crews — John Shaqi
The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II.: Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their several crewsDefoe, Daniel
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The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II.: Containing the lives of Captain Misson, Captain Bowen, Captain Kidd, Captain Tew, Captain Halsey, Captain White, Captain Condent, Captain Bellamy, Captain Fly, Captain Howard, Captain Lewis, Captain Cornelius, Captain Williams, Captain Burgess, Captain North, and their several crews
Defoe, Daniel
Pirates -- Early works to 1800
His Birth; he goes out with a Commission; takes a _French_ Banker, goes
to _Fial_ and the _Canary_ Islands; makes Prize at _Barca Longa_; goes
to _Bravo_, turns his Lieutenant ashore, steers for _Madagascar_, takes
in some Ship-wreck'd Men; makes for the _Red Seas_, 110. Meets with and
keeps Company with a _Dutch_ Ship; is broken by his Crew; is reinstated
in his Command; steers for _Nicobar_ Island; takes the _Buffalo_;
Captain _Buckley_ dies, 111. Takes Captain _Collins_; on a Dispute his
Crew divides; Part go for _Madagascar_; _Halsey_ steers for the
Streights of _Malacca_; wants Courage to attack two different Ships; he
chases and is chased by the _Albemarle_, 112. Makes for _Madagascar_,
falls in with _Mascarenas_; arrives at _Madagascar_, meets with the
_Buffalo_ and Captain _White_; augments his Company; sets out again for
the _Red Seas_; stops at _Johanna_; narrowly escapes being taken; takes
a Grab, 113. Takes the _Rising Eagle_, the Captain of her, chief Mate,
and Purser, killed; Capt. _Jago_'s Cowardice, 114. The second Mate of
the Prize shoots a Pyrate after striking; they chase and take the
_Essex_; make a great Booty in Money; discharge the Prizes, are civil to
the Passengers, and return to _Madagascar_, 115. A Ships comes from
_Maderass_, another from _Scotland_ to trade with, and the latter is
surprized by the Pyrates; a Hurricane happens; _Burgiss_'s Treachery,
116. The _Maderass_ Ship seized, and afterwards sent away; _Halsey_'s
Death, 117. His funeral Ceremony, 118.
Of Captain THOMAS WHITE.
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