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Description Henry Morgan Recruiting for the Attack: this was originally published in Pyle, Howard (August–September 1887). "Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main". Harper's Magazine.
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Source Pyle, Howard; Johnson, Merle De Vore (ed) (1921) "Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main" in Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main, New York, United States, and London, United Kingdom: Harper and Brothers, pp. Plate facing p. 14
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Howard Pyle  (1853–1911)  wikidata:Q525713 s:en:Author:Howard Pyle q:en:Howard Pyle
 
Howard Pyle
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H. Pyle
Description American writer, illustrator, children's writer, university teacher and painter
Date of birth/death 5 March 1853 Edit this at Wikidata 9 November 1911 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Wilmington Edit this at Wikidata Florence Edit this at Wikidata
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New York City (1876–1880); Wilmington (1880–1910) Edit this at Wikidata
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