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Henry Every, also known as Henry Avery (20 August 1659 – Disappeared: June 1696), sometimes erroneously given as Jack Avery or John Avery, [a] was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s.
An 18th-century depiction of Henry Every, with the Fancy shown engaging its prey in the background. Every now sailed in pursuit of the second Mughal ship, Ganj-i-Sawai [25] (meaning "Exceeding Treasure," and often Anglicized as Gunsway), [26] overtaking it a few days after the attack on Fateh Muhammed.
Following this work, Fancy became one of the fastest ships active in the Indian Ocean, and Every used this speed to attack and take a French pirate ship, looting the vessel and recruiting approximately 40 of the crew to his own ship, leaving him with a total complement of around 150. Flag attributed to Henry Every
Every had been asked by the other pirate captains to carry the treasure to an agreed upon location where it would be split among the various crews, as Fancy, with her 46 guns, carried the most fire power to guard it. Come nightfall, Every and his crew silently slipped away from the pirate armada, taking all Ganj-i-Sawai's treasure with them.
[7] [8] Modern scholarship suggests that Henry was born on 23 August 1659; according to the deposition of William Phillips, a member of Every's crew who gave a "voluntary confession" after his capture, in August 1696 Every was "aged about 40 years," his mother lived "near Plymouth," and his wife was a periwig seller who lived "in Ratcliffe ...
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Upon witnessing the death of their Captain, who had reportedly been disemboweled by a cannon shot, his crew surrendered to the Mughals and remained captives until their rescue by Captain Henry Every that same month. [1] Henry Every's Fancy (previously Charles II) captures Mughal ships Fateh Muhammed and Ganj-I-Sawai. Freeing the surviving ...
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