When confronted with a massive fleet of ships bent on destruction, standard operating procedure for pirates in the Caribbean and elsewhere would have been to tuck tail and run until the heat is off.

She led the Red Flag Fleet, commanding over 1,800 pirate ships and around 80,000 pirates. She was also the inspiration behind the character Mistress Ching, one of the nine pirate lords in The ...

Madame Chine, who commanded more than 1,800 pirate ships and 80,000 pirates at the height of her career, has been called the most successful pirate in history. Cheung was kidnapped by Cheng I ...