Encyclopedia > Charles Johnson (pirate biographer)
Author of A General History of the Robberies and Murders Of the most notorious Pyrates (1724), his true identity remains a mystery. His name was believed for many years to be a pen name for Daniel Defoe, but this has yet to be proven. Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1660 – April 24, 1731) was an English writer and journalist, who first gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ...
Pirates of the Caribbean: An Anotated Bibliography of Piracy
The debate of who authored the General History of Pirates (GHP) was settled (or began) when literary scholar John Robert Moore suggested that Captain CharlesJohnson, like Andrew Moreton, Kara Selym or Captain Roberts, was merely another mask for the creator of Robinson Crusoe.
It was Professor Moore who established the Defoe canon, beginning in 1950 with his discovery that the widely-read General History of the Pirates, attributed to a Captain CharlesJohnson, was actually the work of Defoe.
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