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