How Did Henry Every Influence Pirates

Henry Every is the pirate I have chosen to research. He was born in England on August 23rd, 1659. In the years he was active he was one of the most infamous pirates. He also was known for being one of the most profitable pirates during the years he was most active. The time he was born was after the time colonies in the new world were already becoming well established, so he was not the first of his kind to be a criminal on a boat. Every was a part of the Royal Navy in his early adult hood, after being discharged from the Navy he started in the industry of slave trading. The slave trading job did not sustain for too long and he was then appointed for a position on a warship, but after some time he took changed the name of the ship from “Charles II” to “Fancy”. …show more content…
He began gaining more crew and vessels and had a real fleet going for him. Other famous pirates were actually under his leadership at one point before being their own great pirates. Every had 5 ships that were able to attack most other ships that were overly defensed. It is said that Henrys biggest profiting attack was on a Grand Moghul’s India convoy ship. The single ship that was attacked was a part of a larger fleet, but after the fleet spotted Every’s ships they fled and only a couple were left after an all-night chase. Men were captured from the ship and tortured for locations of treasures, this is not at all uncommon for the era. His overall net earnings from this attack were about 600,000 pounds of gold, jewels, and silver. Each crew member was given 1,000 pounds of these treasures, which was equivalent to 80 years of sea