Part 3 Things started heating up for the pirates because in 1808 it was a constant barrage of naval battles between the pirates and the Chinese fleets. The Emperor had given up on any further assistance from the British, Portuguese and Dutch because they at the time were more concerned about keeping the spice and […]
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Ching Shih – From Prostitute to Pirate
Part 1 Female pirates were raiding and pillaging in huge numbers on the seven seas predominantly from the thirteen hundreds with memorable women such as Anne Bonny, Jeanne de Clisson and Jacquotte Delahaye leading the way but there was one woman who reigned above them all Madame Shih, as she was originally known*, was born […]
