Facsim. reprint of the 1891 ed. Pt. 1 reprinted from the 1st English ed. (1684) of De Americaensche zee-roovers, by A.O. Exquemelin. Pt. 2 reprinted from A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates ... by Captain Charles Johnson, from the 3d ed., London, 1725. The latter is attributed to Daniel Defoe based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. Cf. J.R. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. Bloomington, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188.

Editor's introduction - - The translator to the reader (of 1684) - - The history of the buccaneers of America / A.O. Exquemelin - - A genuine account of four notorious pirates / C. Johnson (Captain Teach alias Blackbeard, Captain William Kidd, Captain Bartholomew and his crew, Captain Avery and his crew).