The World's Most Successful Pirate | The History Show
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Oct 31, 2025 19:00
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19th century pirate legend Zheng Yi Sao is hardly remembered outside of her native Guangdong. And yet, by most markers, she’s the most successful pirate of all time–not because of her brutality, mad sword fighting skills, or any of those other stereotypical pirate characteristics, but because she was smart, crafty, focused, and really, really organized.
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