Person

Benjamin Hornigold

English pirate

b. 1680 CE – d. 1719 CE World The North Atlantic Lands

Captain Benjamin Hornigold (died 1719) is an 18th-century English pirate.

His career lasts from 1715 to 1718, after which he turnes pirate hunter and pursues his former allies on behalf of the Governor of the Bahamas.

He is killed when his ship is wrecked on a reef during the 1719 hurricane season.