How Henry Every stole $200M, got away and became a superstar

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"I am a man of Fortune, and must seek my fortune."

- Henry Every, 1694

Modern sources:
King of the Pirates: The Swashbuckling Life of Henry Every - E.T. Fox
Piracy in the Early Modern Era: An Anthology of Sources - Kris Lane & Arne Bialuschewski
Pirates of the British Isles - Joel Baer
Pirates of the Eastern Seas - Charles Grey
The Republic of Pirates - Colin Woodard

Period sources:
A General History of the Pyrates - Cpt. Charles Johnson
Monthly Miscellany; Or, Memoirs for the Curious 1708-11: Vol 2 Iss 14 - Anonymous
The life and adventures of Capt. John Avery - Adrian Van Broeck
The Succesful Pyrate - Charles Johnson

Music credits:
Kevin MacLeod at incompetech
Jon Sayles at jsayles.com
Theme song:

Timstamps:
0:00 A ship arrives
2:47 Beginnings
8:23 The Spanish Expedition
10:59 Mutiny
16:01 The flag of Every
18:36 The Fancy
27:39 Taking of the Gunsway
31:14 Depravity
34:09 Escape
41:06 A legend is born
48:55 Outro

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