

I was talking to my friend about how Oda likes to name and base pirates in
_One Piece_ after real-world pirates. I have always thought that Gold Roger
was based on the real-world pirate Oliver Levasseur, but my friend thought
that he was based on the pirate who was considered the pirate king in the
real-world, Henry Avery.

I decided to research a bit about Avery after this and I found out that his
crew used to refer to him as Long Ben or Benjamin Bridgeman which is extremely
similar to Ben Beckman of the red-haired pirates.

Is it just a coincidence or am I on to something?


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Was Ben Beckman based on the real-world pirate Henry Avery?