Benjamin Hornigold: One Of 18th-Century Pirates

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Benjamin Hornigold was one of the 18th-century pirates, along with his many projects he started ( History of Humanity). He was a famous pirate possibly out of the English country Norfolk. It is not confirmed where he was born, but latest discoveries lead to historians thinking he came from Norfolk. Ben was born in 1680 and died 1719. He died at the age of thirty nine by getting captured near Havana in the spring of 1718. Ben was known to have died by captivity. His first act of piracy was recorded in the winter of 1713. Even though he was a pirate and stole ships he avoiding attacking English vessels.
Ben was apart of many big events. Considering he was mostly under the radar trying to avoid English ships. Ben started

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