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🌊 Would you visit the "Pirate Island" today?

. Overlooking the bay where they once hid their ships, the weathered tombstones—some marked with the classic skull and crossbones—serve 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. 🌊 Would you visit the "Pirate Island" today