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Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to
trust nobody.
Agatha Christie, Endless Night
Whoever prots by crime is guilty of it.
French proverb
“AS GOOD PYRATES AT LAND …”: THE LEGEND
OF HENRY EVERY’S SECOND BIG MISTAKE
It’s been a while since Henry Every made his second big mis-
take. He should never have turned to crime to begin with,
which was the rst. Not that Henry and his associates were
unsuccessful criminals. On the contrary, they were daring
and resourceful, and they overcame tremendous hardships
to further a pirate career that spanned 5 years and half the
globe. (See Figure I.1.)
And what a career it was ...