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
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"The History of the Pyrates. Vol. II." by Daniel Defoe is a book published in 1724. This second volume chronicles pirates from earlier decades, featuring profiles of notorious figures and their exploits on the high seas. The author ventures further from historical sources here, embellishing accounts and including three possibly fictional captains. This influential work helped shape popular conceptions of piracy, introducing iconic elements like buried treasure and the Jolly Roger flag that became staples of pirate literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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