From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

[ Capt. Bartholomew Roberts] 340

From an engraving in Johnson’s “General History of the Pirates,” London, 1725, in the possession of George Francis Dow.

[ Capt. John Avery taking the Great Mogul’s ship] 346

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.

[ Capt. Edward Teach, commonly called “Black Beard”] 350

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.

[ Fac-simile of the title-page of “The Trials of Five Persons for Piracy, Felony and Robbery,” Boston, 1726] 354

From an original in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

[ The pirate ships “Royal Fortune” and “Ranger” in Whydah Road, Jan. 11, 1722] 360