Episode 205 – The Sword Shall Maintain Me
A few weeks after Henry Every captured the Charles II, a ballad began to filter into the world detailing the
A Podcast About the Real Men & Women Behind the Golden Age of Piracy
A few weeks after Henry Every captured the Charles II, a ballad began to filter into the world detailing the
Henry Every took command of the Charles II but before the crew could depart they had to deal with those
May 7th, 1694. Henry Every & a cabal of sailors hatch their plot to steal the Charles II.
The sailors of The Spanish Expedition set sail from London in August 1693. By January 1694 they made it all
Thomas Tew was far from the first pirate to call New York home but his time in the colony caused
I unironically use the word unbeknownst.
This story concerns the last voyages of two long time pirates – two Old Guard Buccaneers – Pierre le Picard
This is the story of two pairs of people, two real and two imaginary. A real author used a fake
Continue readingEpisode 198 – Men of Dissolute Lives & No Principles
The frigate Charles II was among the best ships in English waters circa 1693. The Houblon Brothers commissioned her for
The Nine Years War almost halted the piratical career of Henry Every before the Spanish Expedition even left port.