Captain Benjamin Hornigold was a British pirate active in the Caribbean and North Atlantic from 1716 to 1717. Hornigold’s greatest claim to fame (or infamy) is that he taught the pirating ropes to Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard (d. 1718). Giving up his pirate activities in exchange for an official pardon, Hornigold was enlisted by the governor of the Bahamas to chase down other pirates, which he did with success. Captain Hornigold died on a desert island after being shipwrecked in 1719.
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1713 - 1718The British pirate Benjamin Hornigold is active in the Caribbean and North American coast.
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1717 - 1718The pirates Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard) and Benjamin Hornigold sail in consort.
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Nov 1718Benjamin Hornigold captures the pirate Charles Augur for the governor of the Bahamas.
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1719Benjamin Hornigold is shipwrecked and dies on a desert island on his way to Mexico.
