English

Pirates of the Eastern Seas (1618-1723). A Lurid Page of History [1933]

Digitised by Google Books from the collection of the University of California https://books.google.com/books?id=7WFDAAAAIAAJ Edited by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn. The Forward by Sir George MacMunn says “Mr. Charles Grey, who has already published " The Merchant Adventurers in the East " is perhaps the only man living with deep and exhaustive knowledge of the earlier side of those adventurers and pirates who have made the history of Europe in the East. While many have gone down to their posterity as Empire builders others have ended their day in pirate dock or gone to the bottom with the Jolly Roger flying. The "Adventurers " told of the making of Empire and trade, the " Pirates " tells of those who took the line of tragedy. Both are astounding stories, and in "The Pirates" we have a real account drawn from many strange stories of the British and American pirates who left the Spanish Main and the West Indies for the more profitable waters of the East”. The Author’s Foreword says "This book itself has been compiled as a continuation and amplification of Johnson's "History of the Most Notorious Pirates" compiled in 1724, adding some unknown to him and additional details to the

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