Henry Every: The King of Pirates

[@medium-longpp9753]

Wealth, fame, power. Henry Avery King of the Pirates achieved this and everything else the world had to offer

[@ReckettRalph]

One piece

[@TheRealKluckerz]

And he left it all in one piece😭😭

[@bajiraosingham9495]

and his dying words drove countless souls to the sea in search of dreams greater than they'd ever dared to imagine.

[@DavidMendoza-pd3pr]

Ey yo eyyy yoo. Gotta get the One Piece.

[@levinanilkumar3387]

and where's Laugh tale

[@Mr.LunaRivera]

Wealth, fame, power. Henry Every the king of the pirates obtained this and everything else the World had to offer. And his dying words drove countless souls to the seas. “You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered Together in one place. Now you just have to find it!

[@omarpineda57]

I'm already hearing the intro and I can't help but say.....ONE PIECE!!!! DUHDUHDUHDUUDUDUH DUH DUH NUH NUNUNUNUH!!!!

[@jupiterishere8288]

COME ABOARD, AND BRING ALONG ALL YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS

[@dwightalexander2648]

Arittake no yume wo kaki atsume Sagashi-mono wo sagashi ni yuku no sa ONE PIECE!

[@finishhim6663]

Knew someone would’ve done this

[@anoninunen]

YAAYOO! YAA! YOO!

[@yunleung2631]

On his execution, Avery said: “My Treasure? Why I left it all in that one place.”

[@jakejuracka]

I love that Uncharted starts with real people and events that make the foundation for their fiction. And even their fiction is based on folklore of the time. Really helps to ground the story!

[@hassanmazza1831]

I just started the story and its really good.

[@jakejuracka]

@@hassanmazza1831 enjoy the games! I wish I could play the series for the first time again!

[@blackknightjack3850]

And then there's One Piece where a Japanese man who studied way too much pirate history names all his characters after historical pirates.

[@blackknightjack3850]

@Ged Woulfe Not only is that not even remotely true, but Edward Teach's name is split between Blackbeard and Whitebeard. Whitebeard's name is Edward Newgate (Using the historical Blackbeard's given name) and Blackbeard's is Marshal Teach (Using the historical Blackbeard's surname).

[@Pushy.]

@Ged Woulfe uhh… Bellamy is based on Sam Bellamy, Charlotte Linlin on Charlotte badger, jewlery bonny on Anne bonny, laffite on jean laffite, eustass captain kid on William captain Kidd, X drake on sir Francis drake and the list just goes on and on and on. Pretty much every crew ends up having a pirate based on real world origins besides the straw hats.

[@austin6ish]

He probably went to Tahiti, cause his crew has got faith.

[@nerdlord6164]

I get it

[@aregulardude428]

At least he had a plan and muhney

[@n0body012]

We need money

[@aidanrogers4438]

He retired early due to chronic Lumbago.

[@ManatoonProductions]

He HAD A PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

[@royalewithcheese7]

"I am a man of fortune, and I must seek my fortune." -Henry Avery

[@jake18111996]

Wise words to live by!!!

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

_Sounds like that thot, Emily from Bering Sea Gold._

[@thomascatty379]

Uncharted 4 theme intensifies

[@brandonk8948]

"Fortune favors the bold." -- Virgil, The Illiad

[@slyredfox4607]

That quote is wrong you know. It's "Jam a man of fortune and J must seek my fortune"

[@TC-cx4gm]

You guys missed out the part when he founded Libertalia with Thomas Tew

[@sonny9493]

Damn right

[@maxwelljw8400]

A man of fortune

[@Thomas20Smith]

And Libertalia’s fate 👍🏽

[@arl-luca7294]

Im a Sic parvis magna nerd too 🤓

[@perseuslove1335]

I mean yeah, but it wasn’t just from Uncharted. Avery founded a pirate city. In real life.

[@manuelacosta9463]

What a true pirate. He pulled off that one raid that made him wealthy and then purposefully vanished to enjoy his fortune without scrutiny. It's telling that the only information about his post raid life is anecdotal, muddled and contradictory. Other pirates sure didn't take his lesson seriously.

[@JoeBarron1027]

Because Henry had an end goal in mind, other pirates just have the next chance of plunder in mind.

[@Puzzoozoo]

Yep, you have made your fortune, now just keep your mouth shut and fly under the radar till your death, the longer you are incognito, the safer you are.

[@TerminatorZXY]

@@JoeBarron1027 Yeah, he never forgot why he became a pirate, other pirates lost themselves in the pursuit and kept doing for the sake of doing it until they were sent to the gallows.

[@KingEdwardtheTurbulentNeill26]

Henry Every isn't the only pirate who got away with piracy and enjoyed his plunder, there was a Scottish Pirate named Ruari the Turbulent also known as the last of the Vikings who decorated his castle with the loot that he stolen from English merchant ship's, French and Spanish treasure ship's etc. No nationality was safe from him and the MacNeil of Barra clan even after he was pardoned from king James the 6th of Scotland he still committed piracy till the day he peacefully died at old age. Back in those days there was poor agricultural in the Scottish islands which led to the MacNeils of Barra to commit piracy for a income.

[@evolvedcopper2205]

Norrington: "You are without a doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of" Jack: "But you have heard of me"

[@matts882]

Go watch the video on Calico Jack.

[@jamesrussell2936]

Not gonna lie, he's got a point.

[@ahmedayachi5889]

i loved that reply so much best film series ever

[@Phantom_3_2_1]

@@ahmedayachi5889 best film series ever 😳 😆😂🤣

[@renegadetrooper7224]

Luffy: I’m going to be king of the pirates! Henry: lol

[@lifeisabridged5992]

I was going to say, i didnt know "Monkey D. Luffy" could be spelled "Henry Every"

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

"oh,how cute,your foolish attempt to become better than me is useless"

[@brianmundt9660]

Damn you beat me to the joke😂

[@polmeria465]

Luffy's shio would get wrecked by a first rate irl

[@murrayscott9546]

A fair wind t'ya !

[@TheTeletrap]

"Every eventually won out as he had the biggest ship." "It probably didn't hurt that Every's ship was the most powerful in hundreds of miles." He had that BIG SHIP ENERGY

[@yes0r787]

bse ftw

[@lindaarrington9397]

Avery

[@Aramis419]

As The History Guy always says - "Don't all good stories involve pirates?"

[@BenjaminKeller]

As John Green used to say - "Except if you are the Mongols."

[@Elyseon]

Or aliens.

[@TragicHamad]

@@BenjaminKeller And then that Mongols battle snippet plays.

[@Zach_00_5Bankai]

yea look at one piece

[@killian5147]

Indeed Henry Avery was undoubtedly the king of pirates but the character who inspires Gol D Roger is a French pirate: Olivier Levasseur who had amassed 4.5 billion euros. Before his hanging in public place he threw a cryptograme in the crowd shouting: "My treasure will be with whoever takes it". And since no one has ever found it ...

[@josephlilley9249]

What a crazy life to live. Can you imagine the things this man has seen and done. It's unimaginable lol. Crazy how people like Henry Avery didn't even know that far into the future he would be considered one of the greatest pirates in history.

[@nursejoshua9081]

Narrator: Wealth, fame, power. The world had it all won by one man: the Pirate King, Gold Roger. At his death, the words he spoke drove countless men out to sea. Gold Roger: My treasure? It's yours if you want it. Find it! I left all the world has there! Narrator: And so men set sights on the Grand Line, in pursuit of their dreams. The world has truly entered a Great Pirate Era!

[@RaccoonLex]

*Gol'D Roger

[@billboygaming_id]

where is oro jackson

[@lalboimanlun1230]

I thought it's Gol D Roger who was the pirate king all this time.

[@Qcstoned]

You thought! Ha!

[@kamron_thurmond]

Well, even after what... 1 million episodes😡 it sure the hell isn't Luffy yet.

[@sosa4938]

@@kamron_thurmond yea it gonna be shanks

[@jamesmacker]

Who?

[@serseragase]

who?

[@ioncamin5]

ive learned more history from this man in the past 2 days binging his videos than my entire life, thanks Simon!

[@BassPlayer9000]

Same

[@moriarty5863]

Henry Avery seems to parallel Luffy more than Rogers. Came from a prominent family, started sea travelling when he was young, a grand alliance vs a big superpower (Straw Hat Grand Fleet) and finding the greatest treasure ever.

[@heldertorres4296]

We know very litle about Roger even now .. we know he's the pirate kind (was) but we still don't know where he came from and his backgrounds.

[@ColossalMeat69]

@@heldertorres4296 Well, we know he came from Loguetown

[@heldertorres4296]

@@ColossalMeat69 yes true ..but do you know is background or how he lived ?

[@TSCTH]

What about an episode of the greatest pirate in all of history; the pirate queen Madame Ching. She literally had her own pirate army, held China hostage, and got away with all of it.

[@Celtic_Blade]

Is that the chick who made visiting dignitaries eat her out and if she didn’t like it killed them?

[@TSCTH]

@@Celtic_Blade I doubt it.

[@Celtic_Blade]

TSCTH there was a Chinese queen of some sort that did that but I can never remember which one.

[@LouisKing995]

She wasn’t really a pirate, not in the traditional sense. More like a local warlord.

[@Katanagatari-b2o]

so she was inspired by Big Mom?

[@ak22196]

Sam and Nathan drake are still looking for his treasure

[@CSteeg-em2fh]

Nolan North and Tom Holland gots this

[@davidsimpson7632]

They found it could not retrieve it. Uncharted 4

[@DanielTxRib]

Well it's probably beyond reach now

[@CSteeg-em2fh]

@@DanielTxRib well when you remember Nolan North is Deadpool and Tom is spidey , maybe eventually they'll get it ( also i haven't played UnchARted 4 yet lol_

[@jeremybds1901]

The treasure was the lesson and the bond of family..... obv

[@Aerobicsx]

"Jam a man of fortune and j must seek my fortune" - Henry Averies, 1994

[@twitcher7121]

Pepega Clap

[@conanholmes8620]

Pvc approved

[@BassPlayer9000]

Thats the quote when you start Uncharted 4! I just started the game that's why I'm watching this video

[@BassPlayer9000]

Aerobics I see you have also joined the dark side

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Early years 3:50 - Chapter 2 - A pirate's life for me 8:40 - Chapter 3 - The biggest heist in pirate history 14:25 - Chapter 4 - Aftermath & disappearance

[@mwmwmw]

So when are we going to get the Biographics episode on Simon Whistler

[@nuronw6886]

@DillyDyson007 cringe

[@Kadeo-ms6qw]

Nur115 El. Indeed

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

He’s gonna make into an hour long doc

[@irekaias]

Seems more suitable to BLAZE through it

[@danielduncan6806]

That would be absolutely hilarious, to have Simon orate his own biography written by someone else. I would definitely watch that. If not on this channel than on Business Blaze, as one of those off-topic things.

[@chiefb8771]

Luffy arrives at laghtale and find Every smoking the last of Rogers stash

[@herbertgearing1702]

This is an amazing tale and I am surprised that I've never heard it before. It makes me realize that I have a western hemisphere and North American bias to my pirate knowledge. Aside from Captain Kidd who's tale is like a mirror of this story gone terribly wrong, I was not aware of many Indian Ocean pirates. Good news, I have a lot of fun reading to do.

[@Kadeo-ms6qw]

Guess you’ve never heard of uncharted 4

[@aspects8645]

@@Kadeo-ms6qw yessss this is what i was gona say

[@herbertgearing1702]

@@Kadeo-ms6qw I have not. Then again I haven't even thought about getting my history lessons from video games. I can't believe all the time I've wasted with books. I'm sure I would have more fun playing uncharted.

[@Kadeo-ms6qw]

Herbert Gearing well it’s not exactly a history lesson but it certainly opens the door to deeper research. That’s one of the reasons I love video games

[@jacobrickayzen2744]

Check out the pirate queen Ching Shih! One of the most successful pirates ever maybe because she commanded an ENORMOUS fleet of tens of thousands of pirates and like Every, she got away with it!

[@theinternetbully436]

Fun Fact: His last words were: "My treasure? You cana have it. But, you have to find it first! I left everything I own ... in One Piece!"

[@doainitial]

Hes The Man Who Have Reach Grandline And Get "King Of Pirate" Title

[@neotheresa]

“Unless Charles Johnson personally met Henry Every at some point, it is almost certainly a complete fabrication” Maybe Johnson actually WAS Every

[@ravenzyblack]

That is what I am thinking. He became Charles Johnson after retiring.

[@asilentpotato3200]

Could you do an episode on Cheng Shih, The "Queen of Pirates"? That would be pretty dope

[@nightmarehalloween1207]

I second this 😀

[@ericfogle4965]

I thought he did? I could be wrong tho

[@asilentpotato3200]

@@ericfogle4965 He didn't

[@--enyo--]

Haven’t heard of them. Sounds cool. 👍

[@gmanpirate2738]

Henry Avery and Chong shih are not relatable

[@VRBroadcasting]

A man so epic and badass that people made an entire plot line for a video game about him.

[@Boomer289-ol2vv]

Already an entire anime

[@Urlocaloven7667]

@@Boomer289-ol2vvThe anima ain’t even done yet

[@evandavid2816]

In terms of his cultural afterlife, Henry Avery not only showed up in Doctor Who during the Matt Smith era, but helped to inspire the funniest book ever written, namely George MacDonald Fraser's 'The Pyrates' - not bad going, yes?

[@nate_ring]

Simon: "this alone made him worthy of the sobriquet, 'the king of the pirates' " Luffy: "Gomu gomu no...."

[@ameshizen381]

JET PISTOLE

[@Elyseon]

Pssh, weeaboos.

[@nate_ring]

@@Elyseon you'll come over to the light side eventually xD

[@gryfon_gamez8184]

we have Henry Every but when are we getting a biographic of Every Henry

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

So the status of “King of Pirates” has already achieved

[@paulherzog9605]

GREAT. Do a story about Thomas Tew. The Rhode Island pirate. Discovered the "Pirate Round"

[@Tora0dead]

Yessss!!! More pirates! Just one little thing though, the music on this video was a little louder than usual, which made it more challenging to focus on the content. I would suggest to tone the music down, maybe a lower volume or just slower tunes might work better!

[@nikkia9506]

Whovians know what happened to Avery: he ended up in space with his crew in The Curse of the Black Spot (11th Doctor/Matt Smith era) Yeah, there's always one.

[@jeffzang6047]

I was just thinking if that was the guy in the Doctor Who episode.

[@Taahgs]

Jam a man of Fortune, and J must seek my fortune. - Henry Averies 1994

[@AlphabyteMusic]

Clicked for the one piece comments lmao

[@beccijanemc91]

Best comment i've ever seen on KZbin

[@buenaventura5172]

Same

[@TheRealKluckerz]

Wasn't disappointed

[@whathell6t]

@Alphabyte Music So! No FLCL reference for Pirate King Atomsk. Right?

[@user-jv9uf5fk8m]

I clicked for Uncharted

[@SigEpBlue]

"How do you measure the success of a pirate?" One word, Simon: booty. B)

[@adamant7794]

does she have a rolling stern and doop tangles of billowed mainsils... yar , she loved to slap that rudder about tbh.

[@murrayscott9546]

Shake dat !

[@jimmyju76]

These c's are heaving

[@herbertgearing1702]

Henry Every "I'm the king of the pirates!" Henry Morgan, "Hold my rum, and watch this mon!"

[@MiSambra]

"Hey Phil, what should we use for music on this episode about the King of Pirates? Some baroque? A couple sea shanties perhaps?" "Nah bro, 70's rock"

[@nate2064]

Stede Bonnet!!! the midlife crisis gentleman pirate.

[@jefflebowski918]

I thought Captain Morgan was the King of Pirates, he's certainly the King of Rum.

[@jgman2645]

Man you need to taste more rum.

[@TheRealToadfishRebecchi]

🤮🤮🤮

[@TasmanianTiger88]

I always liked the story about Henry Avery. One big score, that would set you for life and if the story is to be believed, he succeeded in that. As thus, escaped the noose and becomed legend.

[@beno1129]

The rape and torture was uncalled for though

[@georgeq_q]

@@beno1129 pirates remain pirates I guess

[@mackcampbell3614]

I love this channel so much! Pleaseeeeee do a video on Prince Philippe of France, brother of the Sun King

[@robdon3472]

A biographics on the entire east india company would be cool

[@Elyseon]

You won't find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

[@kiramiller568]

I'm loving these pirate videos!

[@Pathangulam03]

Then you will also love a anime called one piece

[@kiramiller568]

@@Pathangulam03 the art style was difficult to get passed to be honest.

[@tomatogangtre]

That Title now belongs To the Future King Monkey D. Luffy

[@jimmyju76]

Avery laughs in pirateese

[@drozdood9]

Top 5 for sure. Not sure if he’s the best but he’s for sure up there. A legend

[@cheetooreo6636]

Interesting video. I've heard that Henry Every (Avery) had kidnapped a Mughal princess (daughter of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb) and held her for ransom. There's a striking early 20th century painting of this by John Ward Dunsmore.

[@Ontime2day]

How is this not already the best pirate biopic ever?!

[@6123lewis]

Absolutely loving the content Simon, keep up the good work 😃

[@YeeSoest]

Finally!! Feels like I requested this 50 times but I guess it's more like...4 or 5 ;) What a plan, what a daring attempt, what a luckshot, what a haul...why they'd name their treasure ship "huge treasure, attack here" I don't know but...man what a story

[@iattacku2773]

I though gold Rodgers was king

[@eyeaid9817]

Wealth, fame, power. The man who had acquired everything in the world, the Pirate King, Gold Roger. The final words that were said at his execution sent the people to the seas. Gold Roger: "My wealth and treasure? If you want it, I'll let you have it. Look for it, I left it all at that place!" Men now, chasing their dreams, head towards the Grand Line. The world now enters a Great Pirate era! Que We Are

[@Emelenzia]

A lot of the pirate of Onepi are based on real life figures. While Gol D Rodger origins are debated one suggestion is it was based on Henry Every. Very much like Every, Gol Rodger was never captured. But instead turned himself in while his hoard of treasure still remained hidden.

[@herbromero1073]

Billy bones

[@dwightalexander2648]

It was Gol D. Roger

[@jmickey2]

Actually it was my dog Joy Boy who was the one who founded one piece

[@andrewbuhman1066]

Amazing story. I love hearing pirate stories.

[@Sir_Seach]

“I am a man of fortune and I must seek my fortune.”

[@cillianwebster4886]

Cool vid, are you thinking of doing a vid on Josephine Baker in the near future?

[@MostlyInteresting]

Every is really close to my last name. You know how names when people moved to the colonies got changed. Maybe that is where he disappeared. Well, I am sticking to that tale.

[@jameshalbirt5807]

@Simon, can you please add a Pirates! Playlist? Thank you

[@unit4039]

Skip to the end of this video. Press replay. Enjoy your ad free content.

[@nbuddin1319]

I love, love, LOVE watching this channel (& it's other sister channels too of course!) You guys really do such an amazing job with practically every video. 👍😀 I must say I am having one hell of a time trying to concentrate on what is being said tho due to the quarky music playing in the background! Lol I getting sooo distracted. Just me? Ha!

[@DanielOrtiz-dt4vp]

Damn, the 4Kids dub really got boring in the later years.

[@thedoubleleafturtwig]

"Sanji's cookin, choppers doctoring"

[@DanielOrtiz-dt4vp]

@@thedoubleleafturtwig gaigo gaigooo

[@kamron_thurmond]

And Luffy still never going to be king of the Pirates... maybe in another 1 million episodes something will happen.

[@aaaaaa-gq3dv]

@@kamron_thurmond He's actually getting pretty close. I'd say maybe like 300 chapters until he finds it, then maybe like 100 until the story ends.

[@kamron_thurmond]

@@aaaaaa-gq3dv I'll believe it when it happens, but the sun might have burned out by then.

[@judochopmaster8233]

I will not stop asking. Please make more videos covering the people in the American Civil War, for example; Thomas Jackson, better known as Stonewall General William T. Sherman, who I really couldnt say anything about without someone getting pissed Confederate President Jefferson Davies Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the first African-American Regiment in the Civil War Ulysses S. Grant, who needs no introduction Etc. I just wish there were more videos that tackled the people in the Civil War on your channel

[@cpegg5840]

Lewis Armistead who led Pickett’s Charge, JEB Stuart, James Longstreet...so many bios he could do

[@--enyo--]

Please also cover Native American/First Nations people.

[@mentalpopcorn2304]

Didn't Robert E Lee do some pretty crazy things too? I remember his name for being one of the important people in a certain battle.

[@ThatRandomFastingGuy]

Maybe, make your own channel? :)

[@judochopmaster8233]

@@mentalpopcorn2304 there already is a video on Robert E. Lee on this channel if you'd like to learn more about him

[@hooty0057]

I got interested in his treasure after playing Uncharted 4. Now im learning his history. I thought Libertalia is made up by Naughty Dog. It isn't, now i seek Avery's treasure. If i ever grow up.

[@risen1710]

Libertaila is made up tho?

[@rogue_sebass8770]

@@risen1710 Historical fact has a basis in myth and legends. There could be a hidden pirate utopia somewhere. Remember, the Earth isn't 100% explored by man. Only by satellite. There's a reason why lost temples are still being found today.

[@olekcholewa8171]

​@@rogue_sebass8770His 400 million dollar worth treasure is almost certainly real, we just don't know it's location. However it's impossible that Libertalia exists the way it's shown in Uncharted 4 since people would've found it already.

[@mitchellneu]

Loved this one! Some more ideas for Pirate vids: Henry Morgan: The Pirate Governor of Jamaica(maybe a reference to Captain Morgan Rum lol) Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts: The Gentleman Pirate With 400 Ships Charles Vane William Kidd Benjamin Hornigold Robert Maynard: The Officer Who Killed Blackbeard

[@mitchellneu]

DillyDyson007 Blackbeard, Calico Jack, Black Sam Bellamy, and Francois L’Olonnais, and now Henry Every are the pirates that have been done.

[@MightGuy-e2u]

*Henry Every* : I am King of the Pirates *Luffy* : Hold my Straw Hat

[@ryanm2821]

I'm glad the music stopped. I love your videos because the vibe you give off with the way you speak and the interesting topics. Maybe it was just that song but it was very distracting.

[@Dass_Jennir]

* Sees concept art from Uncharted 4 on the thumbnail *: ah, a channel of culture.

[@hollyzemlicka538]

Simon, my favorite remark has to be Pirates don't get participation trophies! May I use it as a bumper sticker. I love your presentations you are a very talented presenter and so I say thank you.

[@ahsanvirk130]

A real life King of the Pirates....wow.....😮

[@TheEphemeris]

Do a biographic on John Colter! The first westerner to have seen Yellowstone, a true mountain man, and was an explorer on the Lewis and Clark expedition.

[@Incognito-yf1ou]

The background music is so distracting 😭

[@mikesimms1]

In addition to being distracting, it's also completely unnecessary. It's like having someone run into a classroom playing a musical instrument while the instructor is trying to speak.

[@danbuckley6584]

Take your Adderall kid

[@christopping5876]

Yes, agree. The Sound editor should be made to walk the plank after this episode!

[@ironwoodnf]

I don't mind background music but the only way I can describe this was a funky groove 😂😂😂

[@gourabsarker6895]

10:25 bhangra music playing while mughal ships getting attacked by pirates, super weird

[@ollie2244]

As a Plymothian I'm surprised I've never heard of him, but I suppose when you're up against Sir Frances Drake, Robert Falcon Scott, Tom Daley and Dwwn French there's a lot to compete with...

[@philipsarreal1863]

As soon as I saw The King of Pirates in the title I checked the comments for One Piece reference before even watching the video. Very satisfied! 😌

[@Khordin]

Coming to see the boy with the blaze on one of his many different channels finally.

[@aliksanon6491]

European nations: we have you outnumbered everybody to 1 France: i like those odds *napoleon sneeking through like a teaser of future history:* i like those odds too!

[@blank_801]

You named a ship "exceeding treasure" and expected it not to get robbed. Lovely

[@coreyyagi]

luffy is about to take that title

[@samfong4658]

Do one on the most successful pirate in history, a Chinese female pirate who commanded over 1,800 ships and 80,000+ men - Ching Shih. The Red Flag Fleet under her rule went undefeated, despite multiple attempts by the Portuguese navy, the Chinese government, and the East India Company to vanquish it. She retired by making a deal with the government, lived to enjoy her riches, and died at an old age.

[@TheItalianTrash]

Damn that's impressive. This is the first time I ever heard of her.

[@samfong4658]

@@TheItalianTrash I was shocked when I learned about her too. It's surprising how there's basically no coverage of her while Blackbeard & friends are covered so extensively.

[@TheItalianTrash]

@@samfong4658 I'm not too surprised. Ching Shih simply falls outside of Western Culture. Most US citizens are taught a Eurocentric and romanticized history of piracy that only took place in the Caribbean during the early 18th century.

[@thatguywesmaranan]

"what do we do with a drunken sailor? what do we do with a drunken sailor? earl-y in the morning..."

[@mmmhmmm8236]

"J am a man of fortune & J must seek my fortune" - Henry Avery 1994

[@Reverend_Nada]

Stopped reading comments because of the “waiting/looking for one piece comments”

[@glubglub2131]

Thankfully this guy has a good editor.

[@cpegg5840]

Benjamin Hornigold next for a pirate bio?

[@DennisHeikki]

Great video, thanks! Fun fact: Ching Shih, the Chinese pirate queen, died rich and in peace, so she was very successful too.

[@VayderMultiVerse]

Plot twist... his name was Henry D Every and he was Gold Roger’s father and Ace’s grandpa... 🤯🤣

[@TitanJonkler]

Or Rock's Brother

[@AZ-fy9mx]

This could be such a badass movie. Like a gritty, savage version of pirates of the Caribbean

[@PaulojnPereira]

Well Simon, pirates are mostly measured by the size of their beard.

[@kettlepotcorporations3891]

whitebeard didnt have a beard

[@PaulojnPereira]

@@kettlepotcorporations3891 If you knew the famous Guybrush Threepwood you would know how important is for a pirate to have a beard.

[@KwabzModding]

@@kettlepotcorporations3891 he had a glorious moostache

[@chickenlampbrent]

I'm not sure if you made the noise on this one but I just want to put this here. First of all I think the show is brilliant. Anyway you know sometimes when you crack a joke and the camera Zooms in on you sometimes you finish it off with a snork noise. Which isn't really noticeable unless the ad just happens to cut in at the end of your joke and then when it comes back it's right at the point where you make your snork noise and it is freaking awesome. I think your editors should put together a loop of Simon making snork noises. That is all.

[@jeffsanders1609]

Could you do Gen. Jack “Black Jack” Pershing? I feel like WWI is forgotten by too many Americans Plus his life was really interesting including how he got his nickname by leading Black troops alongside Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. You could also talk about when he lead an army into Mexico to try and hunt down Pancho Villa, and how he was a mentor to many US WWII Commanders such as Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, George Marshall, Leslie McNair, and Douglas McArthur

[@THEtodd_83]

Great video!

[@aaronschultz1585]

Read the book “Enemy of All Mankind “.

[@biggc7354]

Simon the goat everything I look up I always find a video he’s made. And I’m glad cause he is a very captivating storyteller.

[@geoff6835]

"king of the pirates?" LUFFY HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

[@vacantlight4959]

Abraham Lincoln is just chillin out @7:26

[@Alex4124124]

The background music is distracting as it’s too loud

[@danielduncan6806]

Yeah, I am not sure what rationale was used to justify having the audio tracks compete with one of the best orators of the 21st century.

[@--enyo--]

I had no problems

[@Steevilkineevil]

Just turn it down a bit is all I'm asking. Otherwise the music suits.

[@Jazsft]

Great vids mate love them keep up the good work

[@925souto]

Suggestion for the next pirate video: Roche Braziliano

[@theAsocialApe]

Thank you. Great episode. Now, more pirate stories!