The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781546577232)

The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a novel by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1720. It has been re-published multiple times since, some of which times were in 1840 1927, ]1972 and 2008. Captain Singleton is believed to have been partly inspired by the exploits of the English pirate Henry Every, who operated in the late 17th century.The narrative describes the life of the Englishman, Singleton, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies, eventually making his way to sea. The former half of the book concerns Singleton's crossing of Africa, the latter half concerning his life as a pirate in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. Defoe's description of piracy focuses for the most part on matters of economics and logistics, and Singleton's pirate behaves more like a merchant adventurer, perhaps Defoe's comment on the mercantilism of his day

Author: Andrea Gouveia, Daniel Defoe
ISBN-10: 1546577238
ISBN-13: 9781546577232
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2017
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.34d