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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, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s.
Sep 15, 2021 · Henry Every (b. 1653), also known as Henry Avery, Benjamin Bridgeman, ‘Long Ben’ and (incorrectly) John Avery, was one of the most savage and successful pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy. Capturing a treasure ship of the Mughal emperor in 1695 with a cargo worth over $95 million today, he promptly disappeared and was never seen again.
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Sep 6, 2021 · A New Kind of Pirate. Known at times throughout his life as John Avery, Captain Bridgeman, and Long Ben, Henry Every was born in England around 1653 and quickly took to a life at sea. He spent...
John Every was Serjeant-at-arms of the House of Commons in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. In the 17th century Worthington Brice and his son John (son and grandson of Joan Every of Wycroft Castle, respectively) fought with the Cavaliers during the English Civil Wars , receiving fines for doing so during the Interregnum . [12]
Henry Every was a pirate with many aliases: John Avery, Long Ben, and Benjamin Bridgeman. He was so popular that many books and plays were written about him and his adventures. The most famous play was " The Successful Pyrate ".
Sep 4, 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.
May 31, 2024 · John Avery (born c. 1653, Cat Down, Plymouth, Eng.—died after 1696, Bideford, Devonshire) was one of Britain’s most renowned pirates of the late 17th century, and the model for Daniel Defoe’s hero in Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton (1720).
