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A $140 Million Heist Triggered the World's First Manhunt

In 1695, pirate captain Henry Every captured the Mughal treasure ship Ganj-i-Sawai in a raid worth roughly $140 million in modern value. This video explores how that single pirate heist triggered the first global manhunt, forced empires to cooperate, and ended official tolerance for piracy. A story of panic, power, and the moment the world decided pirates had to be erased. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS VIDEO 🔴 How one pirate raid destabilized relations between Europe and the Mughal Empire 🟠 Why the East India Company nearly lost its right to exist 🟡 How piracy shifted from tolerated tool to unforgivable crime 🟢 What a “global manhunt” looked like before modern policing 🔵 Why Henry Every’s disappearance terrified governments more than his violence HISTORICAL REFERENCES Angus Konstam — The Pirate World Geoffrey Parker — Global Crisis (trade & state power context) Contemporary East India Company correspondence (1695–1697) Subscribe for long-form stories on how power, fear, and violence shaped the pre-modern world. CHANNEL ENQUIRIES channel.enquiries123@gmail.com