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A Pirate's Life Experience

Henry Avery

Henry Avery
Henry every also Evory or Avery sometimes erroneously given as John Avery, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian ocean's in the Mid-1690s. He likely used several aliases throughout his career, including Henry Bridgeman and was known as Long Ben to his crewmen and associates. Henry Avery was dubbed "the arch pirate" And "the king of pirates" by contemporaries. Every was the most notorious pirate of his time; he earned his infamy by becoming one of the few major pirate captains to retire with his loot without being arrested or killed in battle.