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Count Maurycy Beniowski (also known as Baron Maurice de Benyowski) was born
in Poland to a noble family. At that time Poland was partitioned into three parts,
Beniowski was born in the Russian part. As a youngster he took part in the Polish
uprising to liberate Poland from the Russian rule (Konfederacja Barska) and after
being captured by Russians was sent into exile to Siberia. However he managed to
escape and after some tumultuous years he found himself leading an armed expedition
headed toward Madagascar. On an African Island near Madagascar he managed to
establish a stronghold, and pronounced himself the king of Madagascar. We can easily
classify him as a pirate because he was not above attacking shipping around lanes
around Madagascar, and he didn’t represent any authority. One of the nearby
islands (Mauritius) was named after this Polish adventurer and to this day he is
remembered there.×
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