About the book: 2009 / A General History of the Robberies and Murders committed by the most famous Pirates, and also of their Manners, Politics, and Government, since their First Appearance on the Island of Providence in 1717, where they founded their settlement, until this year 1724; with the addition of the amazing exploits and adventures of female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read; which prefaces an account of the adventures of the famous Captain Avery and his comrades, with a description of the death he suffered in England.