Captain Charles Johnson
Auteur de Histoire générale des plus fameux pirates
A propos de l'auteur
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Captain Charles Johnson might have been a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe or Nathaniel Mist.
Œuvres de Captain Charles Johnson
A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Highwaymen (2020) 6 exemplaires
Dead Men Tell No Tales - 60 Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Adventure Classics: Blackbeard, Captain Blood,… (2017) 2 exemplaires
A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Rogues (2021) 2 exemplaires
Blackbeard 1 exemplaire
HISTORY OF PIRATES – True Story of the Most Notorious Pirates: Charles Vane, Mary Read, Captain Avery, Captain… (2017) 1 exemplaire
The Real Pirates of the Caribbean (Complete Edition: Volume 1&2): The Incredible Lives & Actions of the Most Notorious… (2017) 1 exemplaire
A General History of the Pirates, Vol I 1 exemplaire
A General History of the Pirates, Vol II 1 exemplaire
HISTORY OF PIRATES – True Story of the Most Notorious Pirates: Charles Vane, Mary Read, Captain Avery, Captain Teach… 1 exemplaire
Pirates 1 exemplaire
La vie et les aventures de deux femmes pirates 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de décès
- 1737 (if Mist, or 1731 if Defoe)
- Sexe
- male
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Captain Charles Johnson might have been a pseudonym of Daniel Defoe or Nathaniel Mist.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 15
- Membres
- 870
- Popularité
- #29,419
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 75
- Langues
- 7
There are 21 "chapters" in all, in my edition, detailing the life of each pirate. Alongside the usual suspects are Captains Martel, England, Davis, Anstis, Worley, Lowther, Evans, Phillips, Spriggs, Gow, and Philip Roche. Often these pirates would cross paths, sailing from Rhode Island to the Carolinas to the West Indies and beyond. Highlights include an attempted slave revolt in Madagascar; a list of Blackbeard's and Bonnet's crewmen; the Indian pirate Angria; a substantial description of the Islands of St. Thomas and Brazil; an accommodating Quaker; the destruction of Port Royal and the fate of Capt. Walter Kennedy. The latter is mentioned in my St Patrick's Day post!
I've had this copy since I was a teenager, and I'm so glad I decided to read it again after so many years. You don't need to be a pirate historian or scholar to appreciate this one. It was written for the general audience of 18th c. England, so accessibility was key. Johnson knew what the public wanted as he blended "accuracy" with shock value. In his intro, Johnson claims that English merchants suffered more [from pirates] than by the united force of France and Spain. Statistically true or not, his readers would've agreed completely. Pirates had an infamous reputation for violence and most actively participated in the slave trade. Thanks to Johnson's dramatic flair, most of our modern conception of pirates comes from A General History, with the possible exception of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson. And yet, even today, we don't know who Johnson was or even if that was their real name.… (plus d'informations)