Captain Charles Johnson is the author of the 1724 book "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates", though his identity remains a mystery. No record of a captain by this name exists, and circumstantial evidence suggests "Charles Johnson" was really Daniel Defoe writing under a pen name, but this has yet to be proven. If true, the pseudonym was perhaps chosen to reflect the playwright Charles Johnson, … Wikipedia
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There is no proof that Daniel Defoe wrote "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates" known as "Johnson's Pirates" because the author was given as a Captain Charles Johnson. www.fortunecity.co.uk/amusement/golf/200/defoe.html#
