Ching Shih: The Pirate Widow Menace of the South China Sea
You can subscribe to Highlight History here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Source/Further reading: Historical Context: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/china_modern_timeline.htm https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/the-qing-dynasty.htm https://www.scribd.com/book/187370144 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tay-Son-brothers#ref247908 Chinese pirates in general: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23881412?seq=1 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323214499_Pirates_of_the_South_China_seas https://www.academia.edu/6369722/Pirate_Nations_Maritime_Pirates_as_Escape_Societies_in_Late_Imperial_China https://thegsaljournal.com/2019/12/10/was-ching-shih-a-brutal-renegade-or-a-visionary-feminist/ Life of Cheng Shih: Maughan, Philip (1812). “An Account of the Ladrones Who Infested the Coast of China”. Further Statement of the Ladrones on the Coast of China. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-chinese-female-pirate-who-commanded-80000-outlaws https://books.google.com/books/about/The_History_of_Piracy.html?id=-x1jcFe-TCMC https://daily.jstor.org/cheng-i-sao-female-pirate/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/41298765 http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/06/the-female-prostitute-that-rose-to-become-one-of-the-most-powerful-pirates-in-history-and-whose-armada-took-on-the-chinese-british-and-portuguese-navies-and-won/ https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/ching-shih-a-prostitute-who-became-historys-deadliest-pirate-f596f7fcff23 https://books.google.com/books/about/Bandits_at_Sea.html?id=i6QUCgAAQBAJ https://books.google.com/books/about/Pirates_Ports_and_Coasts_in_Asia.html?id=nEgb15isFZkC https://books.google.com/books/about/Contemporary_Maritime_Piracy.html?id=pkNHFtJhG6UC https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/58889/9-female-pirates-you-should-know