49: Cheng Shih, Pirate Queen

Morgan and Emileigh dive into the story of Cheng Shih, one of the most notorious and successful pirates of all time. 

 

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Sources:

“Ching Shih: The Pirate Widow Menace of the South China Sea” by Biographics on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acojc6aZjgE

 

“One Woman’s Rise to Power: Cheng I’s Wife and the Pirates” by Dian Murray. Historical Reflections, Vol. 8, No. 3, WOMEN IN CHINA: Current Directions in Historical Scholarship (Fall 1981), pp. 147-161

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41298765

 

“Tay Son Uprising: Society and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam” by Ku Boon Dar

https://www.iias.asia/the-review/tay-son-uprising-society-and-rebellion-eighteenth-century-vietnam

 

“The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws” by Urvija Banerji (2016) 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ching-shih-chinese-female-pirate