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Henry Every (* 1659 in Plymouth; † nach Oktober 1699) war ein englischer Pirat. Er verwendete verschiedene andere Namen, u. a. John Avery, Long Ben und Benjamin Bridgeman. Sein Spitzname war The Arch Pirate („der Erzpirat“).
Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery, was an English pirate who escaped with his loot after raiding a Mughal convoy in 1695. Learn about his early life, naval service, piratical career, and disappearance from historical records.
8. Apr. 2024 · Henry Every (auch Avery; 1659–nach 1699) war ein Name, der seinen Zeitgenossen das Blut in den Adern gefrieren ließ. Denn er war einer der erfolgreichsten Piraten seiner...
- Early Life
- Mutiny & Piracy
- The Ganj-i-Sawai
- Legacy
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Henry Every was born in or near Plymouth, Devon, England: in 1653. He followed in his father’s wake and embarked on a career at sea, beginning with a position as mate on a merchant vessel. By 1690, he had joined the Royal Navy and served as a midshipman on the HMS Kent and HMS Rupert. He was, perhaps, involved in slave trading and piracy in the Bah...
In 1694, Every joined the privateering ship Charles II (incorrectly called the Duke in some sources), which was part of an expedition funded by the Spanish Crown to attack buccaneers and French smugglers in the Caribbean. While docked at La Coruña in Spain in May 1694, and while the captain was drunk one night, Every roused 100 of the crew to mutin...
Every prowled the Indian Ocean and even sailed as far north as the Red Sea where he secured his largest prize by far in September 1695, the treasure ship owned by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, head of the Mughal Empire of India (r. 1658-1707). This floating Aladin's Cave of booty was the Ganj-i-Sawai (later called Gunsway in newspaper reports). The...
The life of Every was the focus of an early-18th-century play popular for several years in Drury Lane’s Theatre Royal. The Successful Pirate took several large liberties with reality but helped establish Every as one of the legends of the so-called Golden Age of Piracy. The largest fiction was that Every had married Aurangzeb's daughter, who he had...
Learn about the life and exploits of Henry Every, one of the most notorious pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy. Discover how he captured the Mughal emperor's treasure ship in 1695 and vanished with his fortune.
- Mark Cartwright
15. Sept. 2021 · Henry Every (geb. 1653), auch als Henry Avery, Benjamin Bridgeman, „Long Ben“ und (fälschlicherweise) John Avery bekannt, war einer der brutalsten und erfolgreichsten Piraten der Goldenen Epoche der Piraterie.
- Mark Cartwright
4. Sept. 2015 · Learn about Henry Every, the most successful pirate you've never heard of, who led a bloody raid on an Indian treasure fleet in 1695. Find out how he evaded capture, inspired songs and books, and became a legend of the sea.
2. Mai 2024 · Im Jahr 1695 überfielen Henry Every und seine Crew ein Schiff mit muslimischen Pilgern und Kaufleuten. Zahlreiche Menschen an Bord der Dau wurden umgebracht, Every war danach reich und...
