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

2024-03-05T17:26:42.085Z

Highlights: 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.

For about a hundred years, from the end of the 18th century to approximately the close of the 18th century, the east coast of Madagascar was the scene of a Chinese shadow story...