Picture No | 10281985 |
Date | 1694 |
Description | Captain Avery's sloops capture Ganj-i-Sawai |
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Pirate captain Henry Avery's (aka Avary or Every) ships capture a rich Mughal trading vessel, the Ganj-i-Sawai, in the straits en route to Surat, an Indian port.
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Source | Illustration from Johnson, British Highwaymen and Pirates (18th century) |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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