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List of highwaymen

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 25, 2024
Entity authorityQ6622448 ↗
Source-derived summary

This is a chronological list of highwaymen, land pirates, mail coach robbers, road agents, stagecoach robbers, and bushrangers active, along trails, roads, and highways, in Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Asia, and Africa, from ancient times to the 20th century, arranged by continent and country.

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Europe

North America

Australia

Asia

Further reading

Ash, Russell (1970). Highwaymen, Shire Publications, ISBN 978-0-85263-101-0; revised edition (1994) ISBN 978-0-7478-0260-0

Brandon, David (2004). Stand and Deliver! A History of Highway Robbery, Sutton Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7509-3528-9

Dunford, Stephen (2000). The Irish Highwaymen, Merlin Publishing, ISBN 1-903582-02-4

Haining, Peter (1991). The English Highwayman: A Legend Unmasked, Robert Hale, ISBN 978-0-7090-4426-0

Harper, Charles George (1908). Half-hours with the Highwaymen: picturesque biographies and traditions of the "knights of the road", Chapman & Hall. Online edition, via Internet Archive.

Pringle, Patrick (1951).

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1970, 1994, 2004, 2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with List, highwaymen and Wikimedia providing the first useful test.
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