Caption:
Illustration showing Captain Henry Avery, also know as Henry Every or Evory. (1659 - after 1696). An English pirate, one of the few who lived to retirement. He was the perpetrator of what has been called the most profitable pirate raid in history, capturing £600,000 in precious metals and jewels, making him the richest pirate in the world. The history and lives of all the most notorious pirates, and their crews, from Capt. Avery, who first settled at Madagascar, to Capt. John Gow, ... The third edition. London : printed for Edward Midwinter, 1729. Source: RB.23.a.9569 page 1.