Many thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this video! To discover their offers, it's here: https://nordvpn.com/nota I often do historical tops and I think you love them, but sometimes it's really hard. Who is the boss of the popes? Or the number one conqueror? Or the king of pirates and privateers? It's hard to choose between Blackbeard, Jack Rackham, Charles Vane, François l'Olonnais, Henry Morgan, Richard Hawkins, Francis Drake, or Surcouf! Oh, but for the pirate queen, at least it's easy. Because there's no comparison: Anne Bonny and Mary Read never commanded their own crew! It's very sad, but they are clearly dominated by Ching Shih, the Widow, the Dragon, the Chinese pirate who commanded far from... 20,000 gangsters! Hold on tight, because this woman was a real hurricane! ➤ If you want more videos about pirates, then these should interest you: ➜ The Golden Age of Piracy in the Indian Ocean: • The Golden Age of Piracy in the Indian Oce... ➜ The Golden Age of Piracy: • The Golden Age of Piracy ➜ The Daily Life of Pirates: • The Daily Life of Pirates ➜ Pirates of the Caribbean VS Historical Reality: • Pirates of the Caribbean VS Historical Reality... ➜ Master & Commander VS Historical Reality: • Master & Commander VS Historical Reality... ➜ Archaeology and Piracy: Between Myth and Reality - Interview with Jean Soulat: • Archaeology and Piracy: Between Myth and Reality... ➜ Pirates, the First Democrats? - Interview with Vincent Brugeas and Ronan Toulhoat: • Pirates, the First Democrats? - ... ???? Written by: Benjamin Brillaud, Jean de Boisséson and Samuel Brémont ➤ Discover the En Marge blog in which Samuel participates: https://histoiresenmarge.kessel.media... ???? Edited by V for Valentin: / salveus ➤ A big thank you to Kinmeki for creating the drawings and animations at the beginning of the episode! Find him on Twitter: / kinmeki Summary: 0:00: NordVPN 0:54: Ching Shih, the widow who led 20,000 pirates! ———————————————————————————————————————————————— ➤➤➤ Sources at the end of the description ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— ????To subscribe and support my channel???? / @notabenemovies ????Nota Bonus channel???? / @notabonus —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ????Discover my online store???? ➜ https://nota-bene.creator-spring.com/ —————————————————————————————————————————————— ????You can buy my books by following this link ???? ➜ https://www.notabenemovies.com/ouvrages/ ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ????Join me on social media!???? ➜ Twitch: / notabenemovies ➜ Facebook: / notabenemovies ➜ Twitter: / notabenemovies ➜ Instagram: / notabenemovies ➜ TikTok: / notabenemovies ➜ Snapchat: / nv73qsxl ➜ Tipeee: https://www.tipeee.com/nota-bene ➜ Site internet : https://www.notabenemovies.com/ ➜ Podcast : https://www.notabenemovies.com/podcasts/ ➜ Dailymotion : https://www.dailymotion.com/notabenem... ———————————————————————————————————————————————— ???? Images used in the episode : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... ——————————————————————————————————————————————— ➤➤➤ For more information : ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Urvija Banerji, “The Chinese Female Pirate Who Commanded 80,000 Outlaws” in Atlas Obscura, April 2016. Lucy Davidson, “10 Facts About Ching Shih, China's Pirate Queen” in History Hit, November 2021. Xueting Christine Ni, “The Ever-Evolving Legacy of China's Pirate Queen” in Sixth Tone, April 2022. Elsa Mourgues, “Ching Shih, the most powerful pirate of all time” in Radio France, December 2021 Lucie Barras, “Missfits #6: Ching Shih, formidable and undefeated pirate of the China Sea” in Meilleur Page, November 2016. File “Zheng Yi Sao” in Wikiwand Today I Found Out - Who was the Greatest Pirate of All Time?