- (Persian/Hindustani:Ganj-i-Sawai, in
English "Exceeding Treasure",
often anglicized as
Gunsway) was an
armed Ghanjah dhow (trading ship)
belonging to the Mughals. During...
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Henry Every, also
known as
Henry Avery (20
August 1659 – Disappeared: June 1696),
sometimes erroneously given as Jack
Avery or John Avery, was an English...
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pirate fleet which captured and
looted the
fabulously rich
Mughal ship
Gunsway. In 1694 a
number of
Newport pirate vessels prepared to set sail with Tew...
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breach of trust.
Henry Avery's
pirate fleet attacked the
treasure ship
Gunsway in 1695 and
netted one of the
largest pirate captures in history. When...
- the
others defeated and
looted Fateh Mohammed, they
turned on the
larger Gunsway, a
personal treasure ship of
Emperor Aurangzeb. Tew's
Amity under ship's...
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pirate fleet which captured and
looted the
fabulously rich Mughal ship
Gunsway. John Fenn d. 1723 to 1723
England Sailed with
Bartholomew Roberts and...
- ****ociate Rafe
Adler attempted to find the
whereabouts of
Henry Avery's
Gunsway haul in a
Panamanian prison.
Nathan and Rafe escaped,
while Samuel was...
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Moorish fleet slipped past in the
night but two
stragglers – the m****ive
Gunsway and its escort,
Fateh Mohammed – were
caught and attacked. Tew
sailed ahead...
- ship, Ganj-i-Sawai (meaning "Exceeding Treasure," and
often Anglicized as
Gunsway),
overtaking it a few days
after the
attack on
Fateh Muhammed. With Amity...
- the
Mughal treasure convoys. The
convoy almost escaped but the
straggler Gunsway and its
escort Fateh Mohammed were
caught and
looted by the pirates, chiefly...
