History of Piracy in the Caribbean
Golden Age Outlaws, Atlantic Empires, and the Making of Maritime LegendBy Daniel Defoe, Charles Ellms, Captain Charles Johnson
Length40h 7m
About this audiobook
History of Piracy in the Caribbean assembles foundational narratives of maritime outlawry, combining criminal biography, adventure chronicle, moral exemplum, and quasi-historical reportage. Its accounts of shipboard mutiny, imperial commerce, coastal refuge, and spectacular violence illuminate piracy not merely as romance but as a destabilizing force within the Atlantic world. Vivid episodes involving infamous captains and contested crews reveal how the sea became a stage for both resistance to authority and the reproduction of coercive power. The collection brings together Daniel Defoe, Charles Ellms, and the enigmatic Captain Charles Johnson, whose authorial identity has long been debated and has often been associated with Defoe. Across eighteenth- and nineteenth-century retellings, these writers and compilers helped establish the enduring literary archive of piracy. Their texts draw upon trial records, sailors' testimony, popular history, and imaginative reconstruction, situating Caribbean piracy within the expansion of empire, plantation economies, and transatlantic print culture. The varied voices expose the shifting boundary between documentary history and legend. Recommended for students and general readers alike, this volume offers a rich encounter with the sources behind modern pirate mythology. Its multiple styles and perspectives encourage critical reflection on law, labor, empire, gender, and historical memory, while fostering a productive dialogue between sensation, scholarship, and narrative art.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length40 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 11, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The True Pirates of the Caribbean
2The History of the Lost Pirate Kingdom
3Introduction
4Of Captain Avery, And his Crew
5Of Captain Martel, And his Crew
Show all chaptersShow less
6Of Captain Teach, alias Black-beard
7Of Major Stede Bonnet, And his Crew
8Of Capt. Edward England, And his Crew
9Of Captain Charles Vane, And his Crew
10Of Captain John Rackam, And his Crew
11The Life of Mary Read, And Anne Bonny
12Of Captain Howel Davis, And his Crew
13Of Captain Bartho. Roberts, And his Crew (pt. 1)
14Of Captain Bartho. Roberts, And his Crew (pt. 2)
15Of Captain Anstis, And his Crew
16Of Captain Worley, And his Crew
17Of Capt. George Lowther, And his Crew
18Of Captain Edward Low, And his Crew
19Of Capt. John Evans, And his Crew
20Of Captain John Phillips, And his Crew
21Of Captain Spriggs, And his Crew
22An Account of the Pyracies and Murders committed by Philip Roche, &c.
23An Abstract of the Civil Law and Statute Law now in Force, in Relation to Pyracy
24Of Captain Misson
25Of Capt. John Bowen
26Of Capt. William Kid
27Of Captain Tew, And his Crew
28Of Capt. Halsey, And his Crew
29Of Captain Thomas White, And his Crew
30Of Captain Condent, And his Crew
31A Description of Magadoxa
32Of Capt. Bellamy
33Of Captain William Fly, And his Crew
34Of Capt. Thomas Howard, And his Crew
35Of Captain Lewis. And his Crew
36Of Captain Cornelius, And his Crew
37Of Capt. David Williams, And his Crew
38Of Capt. Samuel Burgess, And his Crew
39The Pirate Gow
40The Life of Lafitte, the Famous Pirate of the Gulf of Mexico
41The Life of Charles Gibbs
42History of the Adventures, Capture and Execution of the Spanish Pirates
43The Bloody Career and Execution of Vincent Benavides a Pirate on the West Coast of South America
44The West India Pirates
45The Pirates of Panama (A True Account by a Pirate) (pt. 1)
46The Pirates of Panama (A True Account by a Pirate) (pt. 2)
47The Pirates of Panama (A True Account by a Pirate) (pt. 3)
48Appendix
49I. Of Capt. Nathaniel North, And his Crew
50II. Of Captain Teach
Oberst Hannes (Illustrierte Ausgabe) (Kommentiert)Daniel Defoe9h 47m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated) (Annotated)Daniel Defoe106h 55m$2 · $0.00
Moll Flanders (Illustrierte Ausgabe) (Kommentiert)Daniel Defoe11h 10m$1 · $0.00
Die Pest zu London (Kommentiert)Daniel Defoe7h 21m$1 · $0.00
THE HISTORY OF THE PIRATES (Annotated)Daniel Defoe33h 48m$2 · $0.00
ADVENTURE CLASSICS - Premium Collection: 8 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)Daniel Defoe102h 12m$2 · $0.00
The Consolidator - Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon (Fantasy Classic) (Annotated)Daniel Defoe14h 6m$2 · $0.00
Everybody's Business Is Nobody's BusinessDaniel Defoe1h 54m$2 · $0.00
The Storm. An EssayDaniel Defoe16m$2 · $0.00
A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed BeforeDaniel Defoe13h 18m$2 · $0.00
And What if the Pretender should Come?Daniel Defoe54m$2 · $0.00
A Journal of the Plague YearDaniel Defoe9h 49m$1 · $0.00
The History of the Pirates of the CaribbeanDaniel Defoe, Charles Ellms, Captain Charles Johnson40h 2m$2 · $0.00
Aventures de Robinson CrusoéDaniel Defoe21h 57m$1 · $0.00
Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718)Daniel Defoe4h 18m$2 · $0.00
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (Illustrated)Daniel Defoe20h 18m$1 · $0.00
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)Daniel Defoe10h 8m$2 · $0.00
Atalantis MajorDaniel Defoe2h 54m$2 · $0.00
The Life and Adventures of Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe11h 39m$2 · $0.00
Frederick Douglass: All 3 Memoirs in One VolumeFrederick Douglass44h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Annotated)Howard Irving Chapelle, Tappan Adney13h 9m$0.99 · $0.00
I've Been to the MountaintopMartin Luther King48m5.0 (2)$11 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
The Red Record (Annotated)Ida B. Wells-Barnett5h 19m$0.99 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
EnduranceAlfred Lansing6h 1m$20
LES MISERABLES (Illustrated Edition)Victor Hugo66h 17m$1 · $0.00
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m$33 · $0.00
The Antiquities of the Jews (Annotated)Flavius Josephus59h 14m$3 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m$28 · $0.00
Charles Dickens: Complete Works (Annotated)Charles Dickens818h 55m$0.99 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen & Brontë Sisters (Annotated)Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë204h 15m$0.99 · $0.00
The Complete Works: Charlotte, Emily, Anne, Patrick & Branwell BrontëCharlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë138h 12m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Annotated)Oscar Wilde126h 19m$2 · $0.00
L. M. Montgomery – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & MemoirsLucy Maud Montgomery155h 1m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of the Brontë Family Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë140h 13m$2 · $0.00
MARK TWAIN: 12 Novels, 195 Short Stories, Autobiography, 10 Travel Books, 160+ Essays & Speeches (Illustrated)Mark Twain415h 9m5.0 (2)$2 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m$18 · $0.00
The Complete Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Articles, Essays, Travel Sketches and Memoirs (Annotated)Anthony Trollope1096h 4m$0.99 · $0.00
Ivanhoe (Annotated)Walter Scott22h 52m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of G. K. Chesterton (Annotated)G. K. Chesterton421h 37m$1.99 · $0.00
All NovelsGeorge Orwell53h 48m$10 · $0.00
The Complete Works of TolstoyLeo Tolstoy412h 44m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Annotated)Louisa May Alcott226h 24m$0.99 · $0.00
Sherlock Holmes series - completeArthur Conan54h 8m$3.50 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
The Count of Monte Cristo (With Original Illustrations)Alexandre Dumas54h$1 · $0.00
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft50h 45m$2 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m$29 · $0.00
You may also like
The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt TalesJules Verne, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Howard Pyle, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Le Gallienne, Walter Scott, Daniel Defoe, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Ellms, Frederick Marryat, Harold MacGrath, Joseph Lewis French, Harry Collingwood, Stanley Lane-Poole, Charles Boardman Hawes, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, J. D. Jerrold Kelley, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph D. Paine, Captain Charles Johnson, W. H. G. Kingston, Currey E. Hamilton, John Esquemeling480h 55m$0.99 · $0.00
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE PIRATES – A Detailed Account of the Robberies and Exploits of the Most Notorious Pirates: 4 Books in One Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)Daniel Defoe33h 19m$0.99 · $0.00
The True Life Stories of the Most Notorious Pirates (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)Captain Charles Johnson26h 8m$2 · $0.00
Lethal Sails - Complete Pirate CollectionJules Verne, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Charles Kingsley, Howard Pyle, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas, Frederick Marryat, Washington Irving, Harold MacGrath, Joseph Lewis French, William Clark Russell, Harry Collingwood, Max Pemberton, Charles Boardman Hawes, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. H. G. Kingston, Charles Johnson, Maturin Murray Ballou502h 31m$2 · $0.00
PIRATE'S VENGEANCE – 3 Adventure Classics in One Volume (Annotated)Robert E. Howard7h 24m$0.99 · $0.00
The Jolly Roger Boxed-SetCharles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Howard Pyle, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Le Gallienne, Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas, Frederick Marryat, Washington Irving, Harold MacGrath, Max Pemberton, L. Frank Baum, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Johnson502h 31m$2 · $0.00
The King of the MountainsEdmond About7h 1m$21 · $0.00
In the Land of the Mahdi: The MahdiKarl May16h 57m$2 · $0.00
Daring Deeds of Famous PiratesE. Keble Chatterton7h 34m$2.30
The Monarchs of the MainGeorge W. Thornbury19h 42m$2 · $0.00
Davy Jones' Locker: An Ultimate Pirate Collection (80+ Novels & Adventure Stories in One Edition)Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Jeffery Farnol, Howard Pyle, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Le Gallienne, Walter Scott, Frederick Ferdinand Moore, Daniel Defoe, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Ellms, Frederick Marryat, John Masefield, Rafael Sabatini, Harold MacGrath, Joseph Lewis French, Clarence Henry Haring, Harry Collingwood, Stanley Lane-Poole, Charles Boardman Hawes, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, J. D. Jerrold Kelley, Stephen W. Meader, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph D. Paine, Captain Charles Johnson, W. H. G. Kingston, William Macleod Raine, Currey E. Hamilton, John Esquemeling, Percy F.Westerman578h$0.99 · $0.00
The Lost Pirate RepublicDaniel Defoe, Charles Ellms, Captain Charles Johnson40h 1m$2 · $0.00
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle7h 46m$2.30
From the Black Mountain to WaziristanH. C. Wylly14h 41m$1 · $0.00
Bosambo of the RiverEdgar Wallace6h 58m$2 · $0.00
Davy Jones' Locker: An Ultimate Pirate Collection (80+ Novels & Adventure Stories in One Edition)Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Jeffery Farnol, Howard Pyle, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Le Gallienne, Walter Scott, Frederick Ferdinand Moore, Daniel Defoe, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Ellms, Frederick Marryat, John Masefield, Rafael Sabatini, Harold MacGrath, Joseph Lewis French, Clarence Henry Haring, Harry Collingwood, Stanley Lane-Poole, Charles Boardman Hawes, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, J. D. Jerrold Kelley, Stephen W. Meader, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph D. Paine, Captain Charles Johnson, W. H. G. Kingston, William Macleod Raine, Currey E. Hamilton, John Esquemeling, Percy F.Westerman578h$2 · $0.00
PiratesCharles active 1724-1731 Johnson3h$2 · $0.00
PiratesCharles active 1724-1731 Johnson3h 13m$2 · $0.00
The Jolly Roger Boxed-SetCharles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Howard Pyle, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Le Gallienne, Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas, Frederick Marryat, Washington Irving, Harold MacGrath, Max Pemberton, L. Frank Baum, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Johnson502h 31m$1 · $0.00
The Saga of Billy the KidWalter Noble Burns10h 21m$1 · $0.00