I would be intrigued to know the percentage of pirate gunners of 1800 that could read at all. Best guess is less than 30% and most of those, barely literate. En

I would be intrigued to know the percentage of pirate gunners of 1800 that could read at all. Best guess is less than 30% and most of those, barely literate. England was, however, one of the best educated countries of the day. https://ourworldindata.org/literacy/ https://ourworldindata.org/literacy/