Ching shih biography of abraham

The fearsome female pirate Ching Shih lived and pillaged during China’s Qing Dynasty, and is considered to have been the most successful pirate in history.

Born into poverty before becoming a sex worker, she was plucked out of relative obscurity by Cheng I, a notorious pirate who operated in the South China Sea.

As head of the fearsome Red Flag Fleet, she commanded over 1,800 pirate ships and an estimated 80,000 pirates. In comparison, Blackbeard commanded four ships and 300 pirates within the same century.

Though her name which we know her by simply translates to ‘Cheng’s widow’, the legacy she left behind far eclipsed her husband’s, and she has gone on to inspire characters such as the powerful Mistress Ching, one of the nine pirate lords in The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Here are 10 facts about the most successful pirate in history, Ching Shih.

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She was born into poverty

Ching Shih was born as Shih Yang in 1775 in the poverty-strick