From an engraving in Johnson’s “General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Pyrates,” etc., London, 1734, in the Harry Elkins Widener Collection, Harvard College Library. THE IDLE APPRENTICE SENT TO SEA 142 From an engraving by William Hogarth in the “Industry and Idleness” series, published in 1747. The young reprobate is being rowed past Cuckold’s Point on the Thames where may be seen a pirate hanging from a gibbet. A BARQUE IN THE WEST INDIES ABOUT 1720 146 From an engraving in Lobat’s “Nouveau Voyage,” Vol. II, Paris, 1722, in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. A BRIGANTINE IN THE WEST INDIES ABOUT 1720 146 From an engraving in Lobat’s “Nouveau Voyage,” Vol. II, Paris, 1722, in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. CAPT. EDWARD LOW IN A HURRICANE 152 From an engraving in Johnson’s “General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Pyrates,” etc., London, 1734, in the Harry Elkins Widener Collection, Harvard College Library. ONE OF LOW’S CREW KILLING A WOUNDED SPANIARD 204 From an engraving in Johnson’s “Historie der Engelsche Zee-roovers,” Amsterdam, 1725, in the Harvard College Library. FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF “ASHTON’S MEMORIAL: THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP ASHTON,” Boston, 1725 222 From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. PIRATES BOARDING A SPANISH VESSEL IN THE WEST INDIES 238 From an engraving in “The History and Lives of the most Notorious Pirates,” by an old Seaman, London, n.d., in possession of Capt. Ernest H. Pentecost, R.N.R. MAP OF THE BAY OF HONDURAS SHOWING RATTAN ISLAND AND PORT MAYO 242 From the map in “Voyages and Travels of Capt. Nathaniel Uring,” London, 1726, in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. MAP SHOWING RUATAN ISLAND IN THE BAY OF HONDURAS WHERE PHILIP ASHTON ESCAPED FROM PIRATES 256 From a map in the “American Atlas,” by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1776, in the possession of John W. Farwell. “SWEATING” ON CAPTAIN SPRIGG’S PIRATE VESSEL 278 From an engraving in “The History and Lives of the most Notorious Pirates,” by an old Seaman, London, n.d., in possession of Capt. Ernest H. Pentecost, R.N.R. PIRATES KILLING A CAPTURED MAN 284 From an engraving in “The History and Lives of the Most Notorious Pirates,” by an old Seaman, London, n.d., in possession of Capt. Ernest H. Pentecost, R.N.R. FIGHT ON A PIRATE SHIP 284