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Crew members spent weeks "careening" ships—beaching them to scrape destructive barnacles and shipworms off the wooden hulls.

Alliances with local Malagasy tribes eventually fractured. Over time, internal warfare and changing tribal politics made the island less safe for permanent pirate bases. madagascar pirates top

The British East India Company pressured the Royal Navy to clear the Indian Ocean. Armed squadrons systematically hunted pirate ships and burned their coastal settlements. madagascar pirates top

While hundreds of outlaws passed through, these figures defined the island's piratical history: Henry Every ("The Arch Pirate"): madagascar pirates top