Creative Accounting: Alternative Facts in the History of the Pirate, John Gow

The narratives in Captain Charles Johnson’s <i>General History of the Pyrates</i> (1724–1728) have often been regarded as reliable accounts of pirate activity between 1690 and 1726, in part because the book’s long-held attribution to Daniel Defoe has, until recently, granted it some meas...

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Main Author: Noel Chevalier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/9/2/43