Ching Shih: The Pirate Widow Menace of the South China Sea

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Julio Ernesto Orendain
by Biographics
published on 23 August 2021

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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

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