A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. It's author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, generally considered a pseudonym.
The real identity of the author was thought by some scholars to be Daniel Defoe, although this has since been disputed. The publisher Nathaniel Mist or somebody working for him are other suggested authors.
In the first volume, "Johnson" sticks fairly close to the available sources, though he embellishes the stories somewhat. Nevertheless, the book was influential in shaping popular notions of piracy and provided the standard account of the lives of many individuals still famous in the 21st century.(Summary by Wikipedia)
Chapters
1 01 - Preface 16 min 2 02 - Introduction, Part 1 26 min 3 03 - Introduction, Part 2 26 min 4 04 - Chapter 1, Part 1 16 min 5 05 - Chapter 1, Part 2 22 min 6 06 - Chapter 2 11 min 7 07 - Chapter 3, Part 1 17 min 8 08 - Chapter 3, Part 2 18 min 9 09 - Chapter 4, Part 1 19 min 10 10 - Chapter 4, Part 2 21 min 11 11 - Chapter 5, Part 1 30 min 12 12 - Chapter 5, Part 2 27 min 13 13 - Chapter 6 15 min 14 14 - Chapter 7, Part 1 11 min 15 15 - Chapter 7, Part 2 16 min 16 16 - Chapter 7, Part 3 14 min 17 17 - Chapter 8, Part 1 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter IX in the text</font> 24 min 18 18 - Chapter 8, Part 2 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter IX in the text</font> 17 min 19 19 - Chapter 8, Part 3 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter IX in the text</font> 21 min 20 20 - Chapter 9, Part 1 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 6 min 21 21 - Chapter 9, Part 2 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 18 min 22 22 - Chapter 9, Part 3 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 16 min 23 23 - Chapter 9, Part 4 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 19 min 24 24 - Chapter 9, Part 5 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 24 min 25 25 - Chapter 9, Part 6 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 17 min 26 26 - Chapter 9, Part 7 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 20 min 27 27 - Chapter 9, Part 8 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 14 min 28 28 - Chapter 9, Part 9 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 23 min 29 29 - Chapter 9, Part 10 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 22 min 30 30 - Chapter 9, Part 11 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 22 min 31 31 - Chapter 9, Part 12 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XI in the text</font> 21 min 32 32 - Chapter 10 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XII in the text</font> 24 min 33 33 - Chapter 11 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XIII in the text</font> 7 min 34 34 - Chapter 12, Part 1 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XIV in the text</font> 18 min 35 35 - Chapter 12, Part 2 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XIV in the text</font> 14 min 36 36 - Chapter 13, Part 1 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XV in the text</font> 22 min 37 37 - Chapter 13, Part 2 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XV in the text</font> 26 min 38 38 - Chapter 14 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XVI in the text</font> 7 min 39 39 - Chapter 15 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XVII in the text</font> 27 min 40 40 - Chapter 16 <font color=red>Incorrectly labeled as Chapter XVII in the text</font> 14 min 41 41 - Philip Roche 10 min 42 42 - Abstract of Laws in Relation to Pyracy 9 min