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.    Follow us on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/illequippedhistory/   Join our Facebook group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/illequippedhistory   Email us!  [email protected]   Check us out on TikTok!  https://www.tiktok.com/@illequipped.histo   Donate to our Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/illequippedhistory   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