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Bacalar, Mexico

Bacalar House of Culture

This city's cultural center is in a restored Spanish colonial home from the 1800s.
All indications are that the coast was mapped from the sea, in secret.
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How a Secret Map Brought Down a Pirate Alliance on the Irish Coast

Now archaeologists are using it to search for evidence of clandestine activity.
Erin Mullally September 29, 2020
Port Racine.
Saint-Germain-des-Vaux, France

Port Racine

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.
Inland Sea.
Qatar

Inland Sea

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.
The Underwater Pirate City of Port Royal
Port Royal, Jamaica

Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
An illustration from A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates
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Did the Utopian Pirate Nation of Libertatia Ever Really Exist?

Hadley Meares December 14, 2015
Pirates Cemetery Ile Ste-Marie Madagascar
Madagascar

The Pirate Cemetery

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.
Parrot
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The Surprising Truth About Pirates and Parrots

Dan Nosowitz November 19, 2015
Charles Island
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Pirate Booty and Thrice Cursed Islands

Veronique Greenwood October 30, 2013