Have you ever heard of Captain Benjamin Hornigold? Well, since age thirty-three, Captain Hornigold has been a captain who has went on many adventures, with a famous crew, on his British war ship sized ships. He was an influential pirate with crew members that later became even more famous than him, when he became a pirate hunter. Hornigold was very important. The famous pirate, Benjamin Hornigold was born around 1680, in a small town called Norfolk, in England. His Early life is very unrecorded and unclear, but we do know that his first acts of piracy were around 1713 or 1714. It is also unclear why he decided to become a pirate as well, but many people become pirates because of unemployment or because they are very poor and need some money. …show more content…
Well, Captain Benjamin Hornigold went on many. First of all, he is rumored to have helped build the Republic of Pirates, which was a large base run by pirates in Nassau on New Providence Island on the Bahamas. It ran from 1706 to 1718. Hornigold also once attacked an armed merchant ship. The ship had around three-hundred fifty members. This was one of his most famous adventures. Although most pirates did, Benjamin Hornigold believed that they should not attack British-flagged ships. His ship could be mistaken for one, as he had ships that were as large as British war ships. As I said before, Captain Benjamin Hornigold had a VERY famous, recognizable crew. One of his most famous members was Edward Teach, who was also known as Blackbeard. If you haven't heard of Blackbeard, he was one of, if not the most famous real-life pirate there is. Edward Teach was Captain Hornigold's second in command. Later, Hornigold left Blackbeard in charge of