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Vredeman de Vries
McNeill Professor of Naval Engineering at the U
which was vehemently denounced when published (anonymously) because it seemed so true and so terrible
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A General History of the Pyrates Vredeman de VriesFamed for his enduring fictional masterpieces Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe also possessed considerable expertise in maritime affairs. As a commission merchant, importer, shipowner, and an active journalist who reported "ship news" and interviewed surviving pirates, Defoe achieved a high degree of authority on the subject of buccaneers. His knowledge was such that his book, A General History of the Pyrates, remains the major source
