š Would you visit the "Pirate Island" today?
. Overlooking the bay where they once hid their ships, the weathered tombstonesāsome marked with the classic skull and crossbonesāserve as a final reminder of when Madagascar was the "Pirate Capital of the World". TravelLocal archaeological finds madagascar pirates top
Unlike the chaos of Port Royal, Sainte-Marie was organized. Pirates drew up constitutions (the "Pirate Code"), voted on captains, and shared treasure equally. They even created a rudimentary insurance system for injuries: a lost leg got 600 pieces of eight, a lost eye got 100. š Would you visit the "Pirate Island" today