Published by BURT FRANKLIN
235 East 44th St., New York 10017
Originally Published: 1924
Printed in the U.S.A.
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 68-56594
Burt Franklin: Research & Source Works Series 119
Essays in History, Economics & Social Science 51
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO
MY FELLOW-MEMBERS OF
THE FOUNTAIN CLUB
WITH THE EARNEST HOPE THAT NOTHING
IT CONTAINS MAY INCITE THEM TO
EMULATE ITS HEROES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| TO FACE PAGE | |
| A PAGE FROM THE LOG-BOOK OF CAPTAIN DAMPIER | [98] |
| PRESSING A PIRATE TO PLEAD | [140] |
| A PIRATE BEING HANGED AT EXECUTION DOCK, WAPPING | [182] |
| ANNE BONNY AND MARY READ, CONVICTED OF PIRACY NOVEMBER 28TH, 1720, IN JAMAICA | [256] |
| CAPTAIN BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTS | [262] |
PREFACE
Let it be made clear at the very outset of this Preface that the pages which follow do not pretend to be a history of piracy, but are simply an attempt to gather together, from various sources, particulars of those redoubtable pirates and buccaneers whose names have been handed down to us in a desultory way.