'Blackbeard the Pirate'. 1724. The engraving shows Blackbeard in costume, heavily armed and holding a sabre. In the background are ships at anchor. From "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, and also their policies, discipline and government, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, in 1717, to the present year 1724. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny. To which is prefix'd an account of the famous Captain Avery ...To which is added, a short abstract of the statute and civil law, in relation to pyracy. By Captain Charles Johnson" by Charles Johnson (pseudonym of Daniel Defoe). (London, 1724).
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'Blackbeard the Pirate'. 1724. The engraving shows Blackbeard in costume, heavily armed and holding a sabre. In the background are ships at anchor. From "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, and also their policies, discipline and government, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, in 1717, to the present year 1724. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny. To which is prefix'd an account of the famous Captain Avery ...To which is added, a short abstract of the statute and civil law, in relation to pyracy. By Captain Charles Johnson" by Charles Johnson (pseudonym of Daniel Defoe). (London, 1724).

Date

1724

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_276

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,5Mo) / 25,5cm x 49,1cm / 3013 x 5796 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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