sisters of, 137
Australia, 60
Avery, John and Anne, 17
Bab-el-Mandeb, 124, 128, 145
Babur, 64, 67
Baer, Joel, 100, 132
Bahamas, 187, 193–97, 203–5, 231
ballads, 97–98, 100, 152, 157–58, 162, 173, 232, 214
Every Verses, 95, 96–101, 102–3, 265n
transition between song and print, 97
Bangladesh, 67
Bank of England, 56
Barbados, 112
Barbary pirates, 40–42, 44, 55, 57
Battle of Plassey, 200, 254
Baudhayana sutra, 34–35
Beagle, 60
Beg, Usher, 165
Bellamy, Samuel “Black Sam,” 7, 16
Bermuda, 113, 114
Bernier, François, 137, 139
Bezos, Jeff, 51
bin Laden, Osama, 179
Bishop, William, 59, 72, 80
trial of, 220, 223, 227, 233, 239, 240
Black and British (Olusoga), 116
Blackbeard, 7, 8, 16, 116
Blackborne, Robert, 176–77, 206–7
Black Caesar, 116
Board of Trade, 57, 175, 177, 179, 203
Bohun, George, 175
Bolan Pass, 30–31, 66
Bombay, 145, 155, 174, 200
assaults on, 109, 166–67, 169, 174
Bombay Castle, 109, 167, 169, 170, 174, 189–90, 221, 255
coins minted in, 168, 192
East India headquarters at, 54, 107–9, 130, 151, 168–69, 174, 202
Brahui mountains, 30, 31, 66
Braudel, Fernand, 36–37
Brazil, 118
Britain, 249
India and, 8, 9, 38, 154–55, 200, 202, 211, 221
navy of, see Royal Navy
piracy denounced by, 208, 211–16, 221–22, 225–26, 231, 236, 241–42, 247, 254, 255
Spain and, 43
West Country, 13, 16
wool trade in, 172–73, 202
broadsides, 97, 98, 100, 101
Bromley, J. S., 94
Bronze Age, 20, 23
Buckland Abbey, 44
Buffett, Warren, 51
Burgess, Douglas R., Jr., 43, 44, 212, 226
Calico Jack, 7
cannons, 2–3, 5
explosion of, 3, 6
explosion on Gunsway, 3–4, 6, 151, 152, 158, 249
Cape of Good Hope, 112, 113, 117, 118
Cape St. John, 145, 146
Cape Verde, 111–12, 114, 126
capitalism, 14, 248
Caribbean, 56, 73, 113, 253, 254
Carlos II, King, 56
Catherine of Braganza, 107
Cayenne, 187
Central America, 44
Chach, 31
Charles II, 56–60, 67, 103, 114, 239
Every’s crew tried for mutiny on, 226–37, 238
Every’s mutiny on, 76, 79–87, 92–93, 96, 97, 99, 100, 112, 133, 171, 176, 195
rechristened the Fancy, 87
Charles II, King, 107
Child, Josiah, 105–7, 110
China, 32, 122
Chinese New Year, 122
Christians, 64, 127
City of God, The (Augustine), xi
class mobility, 75, 245–46
Clive, Robert, 200
coffee, 121
coins:
found in Dann’s coat, 207, 243
minted in Bombay, 168, 192
Committee on Trade and Plantations, 103
Comoro Islands, 126, 130, 230
concubines, 135, 138, 158–59
Constitution, U.S., 92
Cooke, Thomas, 110
corporations, 51, 89, 93, 171–72, 174, 249
stock in, 52–53, 105
cotton, 32–34, 50, 53, 104, 121, 124
dyes and, 32–34
English backlash against imports of, 172–73, 202
Creagh, David, 59, 80, 82–83, 86, 228–29, 233
da Gama, Vasco, 45, 118
Dampier, William, 59–60, 72, 73, 74, 82, 103–4
Danish privateers, 118
Dann, John, 59, 127, 143, 144, 146, 183, 187, 205–7
Adams’s wife encountered by, 243–45
arrest of, 207, 243
coins found in coat of, 207, 243
confession of, 215
trial of, 218, 222, 229–31
Dara, Prince, 64–66, 137
Darwin, Charles, 60
Dawson, Joseph, 93, 112, 159, 184, 185
trial of, 220, 221, 223, 227, 238, 239
de Clisson, Jeanne-Louise, 25–26, 29
de Clisson, Olivier, 25
Defoe, Daniel, 17, 59, 105–6, 107, 153, 154, 173
Delhi, 36, 63, 64, 66, 124, 166
Devon, 13, 16, 44, 252
Devonshire, 17, 44, 74, 99, 130, 245
piracy and, 15–16
Din-I Ilahi, 37
disease and illness, 71, 75
at Bombay, 109
dysentery, 69–72
scurvy, 71
typhus, 217–18
venereal, 71
doctors, 71
Dolphin, 127–28, 144
Dove, 56, 58, 59, 82
Drake, Francis, 16, 17, 44, 52, 75, 116, 148, 154, 171, 185, 211
Druit, Thomas, 59, 79–81, 228, 232, 233
Dunfanaghy, 205
Dutch, 40, 155, 202, 211
dyed fabrics, 32–34
dysentery, 69–72
East India Company, 1, 46, 47, 50–54, 56, 57, 88–89, 104–10, 126, 130, 136, 152, 161, 162, 185, 200–202, 207, 211, 253, 254, 255
and arrests and trials of men from Every’s crew, 207–8, 236
Aurangzeb and, 107, 109, 110, 131, 169, 189, 192
and backlash against cotton imports, 172–75, 202
Battle of Plassey and, 200, 254
Board of Trade and, 175, 177, 179
Bombay headquarters of, 54, 107–9, 130, 151, 168–69, 174, 202
charter of, 51, 53, 106, 107, 109
Child in, 105–7
coins printed by, 168, 192
corruption in, 105–7, 109–10, 174
Every and, 130–32, 149
Fath Mahmamadi and, 164–65, 168, 169
Gunsway affair and, 164–69, 170–72, 174–79, 198–99
increased naval power of, 206, 247
and Khan’s meeting with Gayer, 189–92
and pirates of the Red Sea, 108–9
power of, 106
protection to Indian ships provided by, 198–201, 206, 211–12, 247, 253, 255
stock in, 51–53, 104–5, 110, 173
Surat factory of, 1, 46, 54, 107–10, 151, 164–69, 176, 198–201, 253–55
Edward I, King, 43
Egypt, 19–22
Elizabeth I, Queen, 44, 51, 53
enemies of all mankind, 41–42, 44, 179, 241, 246, 248
England, see Britain
English Channel, 16, 25–26, 29, 41, 74
Enlightenment, 26, 213
Europe:
India and, 49
Orientalist literature in, 48
Everingham, John, 225, 242
Every, Henry, 13–18, 245–53
Adams’s wife and, 243–45, 250–51
armada commanded by, 129, 132–33, 143–45, 147
Aurangzeb and, 166
Aurangzeb’s granddaughter and, 152–54, 157–58, 162–63, 245–46, 250–52
birth of, 16–18, 37, 40
charisma of, 133
childhood of, 17
criminal trials for crew of, see trials of Every’s crew
death of, 18, 252, 270n
disappearance of, 245
East India Company and, 130–32, 149
ethics in actions of, 112, 133
Fath Mahmamadi and, 145–48
first years of naval career, 44
getaway of, 183–88
Gunsway gold and, 185
Gunsway sighted by, 146–49, 157
Gunsway treasure and, 151–52
Khan and, 63
last trace of existence of, 245
letter written at Johanna Island by, 131–34, 148–49
manhunt and reward for, 163, 177–79, 183–88, 194, 195, 205–7, 219, 255
memoir of, 17–18
and models of piracy, 44
mythology of, 101, 128, 212, 224, 245–46, 250–51
name and aliases of, 16–18, 186–87, 206
in Nassau, 193–97, 205, 231
notoriety of, 75, 94–95
Royal Navy joined by, 13, 15, 18, 39–41, 55
ship and crew of, see Fancy
slaves purchased by, 186–88
as slave trader, 55, 56, 113, 116
on Spanish Expedition, 60–61, 66–67
Spanish Expedition mutiny led by, 76, 79–87, 92–93, 96, 97, 99, 100, 112, 133, 171, 176, 195
Tew and, 114, 128, 129, 132, 147
Tew’s death and, 148
Trott and, 194–97
Van Broeck’s biography of, 39–40, 152–54, 245, 250–51, 267n
verses on, 95, 96–101, 102–3, 265n
wealth of, 75, 185
Execution Dock, 238–42, 243, 250, 253
Exquemelin, Alexandre, 93, 160
Exuma, 193
fame, 74–75
Fancy, 9, 34, 88–95, 99, 101, 111–19, 128–29
alterations made to, 116–18
arrests of crewmembers of, 207–8, 212
articles of agreement aboard, 88–89
in Bahamas, 194–97
at Cape Verde, 111–12, 114, 126
Charles II rechristened, 87
criminal trials for crew of, see trials of Every’s crew
Danish privateers and, 118
dispersal of crew of, 203–8
Every’s abandonment of, 195–97, 203
Fath Mahmamadi and, 145–48, 164–65, 168, 169, 215
at Fernando Po, 116–18
getaway of, 183–88
at Guinea, 114–15, 133
guns of, 111
Gunsway battle with, 1–7, 9, 151–56, 157–63
Gunsway encounter narratives, 152–56, 157–63
Gunsway officers tortured by, 159–60, 163, 168
Gunsway treasure divided among crew of, 183–85
Gunsway women assaulted by, 160–63, 166, 214, 215, 241
hunt for crew of, 177–79
Low and, 89
at Madagascar, 83, 112–13, 118, 119, 120, 126, 147
mosque at Maydh demolished by crew of, 126–27, 130, 132, 133, 160, 215, 248
Red Sea plans of, 113–14, 126, 127, 131, 144, 163
shipworms and, 117–18
slaves on board, 115–16, 133, 186–88, 195, 248
speed of, 1–2, 57, 81, 117, 118, 129, 131, 144, 149, 188
West Wind Drift and, 118–19
wreck of, 203–4
Fath Mahmamadi, 145–48, 164–65, 168, 169, 183–84, 215
faujdars, 199
East India Company as protector of Indian ships, 198–201, 211–12, 247, 253, 255
Fernando Po, 116–18
feudalism, 14, 51
Fleet, John, 175
Forsyth, Edward, 59, 80
trial of, 220, 223, 227, 232–33, 236–37, 238, 240–42
Fort Dauphin, 126
Foster, William, 48
France, 126, 170, 186, 196–97
Revolution in, 24, 91
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 249
Gacy, John Wayne, 26
Ganj-i-Sawai, see Gunsway
Garsia Cassada, Andres, 58
Gates, Bill, 51
Gayer, John, 130–31, 161–63, 167–68, 172, 174, 199, 201, 208, 211–12, 221, 222, 225, 236, 255
Khan’s meeting with, 189–92
General History of the Pyrates, A (Johnson), 43, 91, 92, 152, 246, 252, 265n, 270n
Ghaffar, Abdul, 145, 146, 164, 167, 199
Gibson, Charles, 58, 80–81, 83–87, 99, 112, 184, 227–29, 233, 234
Glorious Revolution, 106
gold, 34, 50, 124, 159, 185, 252
Gravet, Joseph, 59, 81, 84–87, 228, 234
Great Britain, see Britain
Greece, 20
Groyne, The, see A Coruña
Guantanamo Bay, 42
Guinea, 114–16, 133, 205
Gujarat, 65
Gulf of Aden, 124, 126–28, 144–45, 147–48
Gulliver’s Travels (Swift), 59
gunpowder, 3
Gunsway (Ganj-i-Sawai), 120–21, 124, 135–36, 146–49, 248
Aurangzeb’s response to attack on, 168, 169, 170, 172–74, 176, 198
in battle with the Fancy, 1–7, 9, 151–56, 157–63
Bombay siege and, 166–67
cannon explosion on, 3–4, 6, 151, 152, 158, 249
collapse of mainmast on, 5–7, 152, 158, 249
East India Company and, 164–69, 170–72, 174–79, 198–99
Every’s sighting of, 146–49, 157
Khan’s account of events on, 155–56, 157–62
narratives of raid on, 152–56, 157–63
officers tortured by Every’s crew, 159–60, 163, 168
pact following attack on, for East India Company to protect Indian ships, 198–201, 206, 211–12, 247, 253, 255
survivors of, at Surat, 166
treasure on, 151–52, 159–60, 183–85
trials of crewmembers involved in attack on, see trials of Every’s crew
women on board, 135–40, 152–54, 158–59
women on board assaulted by Every’s crew, 160–63, 166, 214, 215, 241
Habermas, Jürgen, 213
Hagar, 123
Haiti, 58
hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca), 113, 121–24, 126, 135–36, 138–39, 150, 151, 166, 202, 255
Hamond, Walter, 125–26
harems, 138–39, 251
Hawkins, William, 46–51, 53–54, 63, 107
Hector, 45–46
Hedges, Charles, 218–21, 225–27, 235, 236, 238, 239
Herodotus, 32
High Court of Admiralty, 103–4, 213, 214, 216
Hinduism, 36–37, 64, 67
History of Civilization, A (Braudel), 36–37
Hog Island, 194, 197
Holt, John, 218, 219, 225, 226, 230–37
Homer, 21
hostis humani generis (enemies of all mankind), 41–42, 44, 179, 241, 246, 248
Houblon, Isaac, 175–76, 219
Houblon, James, 56–58, 68, 75–76, 84, 88, 96, 102–3, 114, 133, 175–76, 184, 203, 205, 206, 219, 249
and trial of Every’s crew, 226, 227
Houblon, John, 56, 57, 219
House of Commons, 109
Humphries, Captain, 80–81
iconoclast, use of word, 36
impressment, 13–15
India, Indian subcontinent, 31–32
Battle of Plassey and, 200, 254
Britain and, 8, 9, 38, 154–55, 200, 202, 211, 221
cotton of, see cotton
Europe and, 49
gold in, 50
Mughal dynasty in, 8, 9, 36–38, 50, 62–63, 108, 113, 15
7, 249, 254
trade and, 32–35, 50, 54; see also East India Company
women in, see women
Indian Ocean, 119, 150–51, 185, 200
Indonesia, 155
Indus Valley, 31–33
interlopers, 186
Invisible Hook, The (Leeson), 28
Ireland, 205–7, 215, 244, 250, 270n
ISIS, 248
Islam, Muslims, 31–32, 35–36, 64, 151
Fancy and, 127
harem culture and, 138
Hindu culture and, 36–37
Islamic calendar, 122
mosque at Maydh burned by Every’s crew, 126–27, 130, 132, 133, 160, 215, 248
pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj), 113, 121–24, 126, 135–36, 138–39, 150, 151, 166, 202, 255
Quran, 123, 138
traders, 34, 35
Ismail (Ishmael), 123
Jack the Ripper, 26–27
Jacobins, 24
Jahanara, 64, 137
Jahangir, 46–51, 53–54, 63, 136–37, 202
Jamaica, 73
James, 56, 59, 79–81, 228, 232
James II, King, 106
James VI and I, King, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54
Jeane of Bristol, 27
Jefferson, Thomas, 24
jewels, 34, 124, 151, 160, 184
Jiwan, Malik, 66
Johanna Island, Every’s letter at, 131–34, 148–49
Johnson, Charles, 43, 91, 92, 152, 246, 252, 265n, 270n
Justice Department, U.S., 42
Kaaba, 122, 124
Kangra, 36
Kealy, John, 263n
Keay, John, 50
Khan, Asad, 201
Khan, Ibrahim, 158–59
Khan, I’timad, 165–68, 201
Khan, Khafi, 63–66, 155–56, 157–62, 165, 166, 168, 169, 170, 189, 198, 201
Gayer’s meeting with, 189–92
Khan, Muqarrab, 47
Khan, Yakut, 191
Kidd, William, 253, 255
King of Pirates, The (Defoe), 153
Knight, John, 58
Konstam, Angus, 43, 264n
Lawson, John, 39–40
Leeson, Peter, 28
letter of marque, 43, 171
Lewis, James, 80
trial of, 220, 223, 233, 239, 240
Lewis, Theophilus, 96
Libertalia, 246, 252
Life and Adventures of Captain John Avery, The (Van Broeck), 39–40, 152–54, 245, 250–51, 267n
life expectancy, 72
Lind, James, 71
Lisbon, 57
literacy, 73
Littleton, Thomas, 228
l’Ollonais, François, 27
Low, Edward, 27, 89, 160, 161
Lowther, George, 89
Madagascar, 83, 112–13, 118, 119, 120, 125–26, 147, 185–87, 204, 246, 252
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