[HIGHLIGHTS] The whole truth about the legend of Libertalia: how thousands of pirates invented the Enlightenment the century before it reached Europe

The whole truth about the legend of Libertalia. How thousands of pirates invented the Enlightenment the century before it reached Europe.

What if enlightened modernity had not emerged in Europe but in a pirate Republic of Madagascar in the 17th century? This is the thesis that David Graeber maintains in 'Pirate Illustration' (Ariel), the posthumous work of the author of 'The Dawn of Everything' We offer an exclusive fragment of the pirate cemetery of Saint-Pierre, on the island of Sainte-Marie, Madagascar.