Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Zheng Yi Sao (born Shi Yang; c. 1775–1844), also known as Shi Xianggu, Shek Yeung and Ching Shih, was a Chinese pirate leader active in the South China Sea from 1801 [1] to 1810. [2] Born as Shi Yang in 1775 to humble origins, she married a pirate named Zheng Yi at age 26 in 1801. She was named Zheng Yi Sao ("wife of Zheng Yi") by the people ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. List of women pirates Zheng Yi Sao (1775–1844; right) as depicted in 1836 Part of a series on Women in society Society Women's history (legal rights) Woman Animal advocacy Business Female entrepreneurs Gender representation on corporate boards of directors Diversity (politics ...
Also known as Madame Cheung, Ching Shih was one of the most successful female pirates. Born in 1775 in Guangdong, China, Shih’s world was one of poverty. At a young age, she was forced into ...
Urvija Banerji, The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws (Atlas Obscura 2016) Rogozinski Jan, Dictionary of Pirates ( Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999) Ciaran Conliffe, Cheung Po Tsai and Ching Shih, Pirate Monarchs (Head Stuff, August 2017)
Ching Shih (1775–1844) prominent pirate in middle Qing China, early 19th century. A brilliant Cantonese pirate, she commanded over 300 junks crewed by 20,000 to 40,000 pirates – men, women, and even children. She challenged the empires of the time, such as the British, Portuguese, and the Qing dynasty.
A natural-born leader, she assumed control of her husband's fleet after his death. She was bent on destroying the Qing army, who she believed murdered her husband. Her character is loosely based on the real-life female pirate Ching Shih, who ruled the South China Sea during the early 1800s.
Ching Shih: d. 1844 1807–1810 China A prominent female pirate in late Qing China. She was a prostitute who married a pirate and rose to prominence after his death. Regarded as one of the most powerful pirates in human history, she commanded her husband's fleet after his death.
Zheng Yi (pirate) (1765–1807), a powerful Chinese pirate operating from Guangdong and throughout the South China Sea in the late 1700s Ching Shih (1775–1844), a female Chinese pirate and the widow of Zheng Yi, known for fighting the Qing, British, and Portuguese navies with 300+ junks and 20,000 - 40,000 Chinese pirates