Ancient Coins May Help Solve a Centuries-Old Mystery Involving a Killer Pirate
Captain Henry Every was a ruthless pirate. On September 7, 1695, he was commanding a ship named Fancy on his way to the Bahamas. He posed as a slave trader and even gathered up some men from the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean so he would look the part. Every and his men captured the Ganj-i-Sawai which was a royal ship that was owned by an Indian emperor named Aurangzeb. On board the ship were several worshipers on their way back from a pilgrimage as well as tons of silver and gold that was worth tens of millions of dollars.