When did an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s command Fancy?
Henry Every Henry Avery, also Evory or Every, (23 August 1659 – 1699) sometimes erroneously given as John Avery, was an English pirate who operated in the Atlantic and Indian oceans in the mid-1690s. He probably used several aliases throughout his career, including Benjamin Bridgeman, and was known as Long Ben to his crewmen and associates.
John Phillips (pirate) John Phillips (died April 18, 1724) was an English pirate captain. He started his piratical career in 1721 under Thomas Anstis, and stole his own pirate vessel in 1723. He died in a surprise attack by his own prisoners. He is noted for the articles of his ship, the "Revenge", one of only four complete sets of pirate articles to survive from the so-called Golden Age of Piracy.