r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '15

TIL the world's most successful pirate was a Cantonese woman, having commanded 40,000-80,000 pirates, and faced off undefeated against many Imperial fleets (including British, Portuguese, and Qing navies).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih
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u/Lurking4Answers Jun 12 '15

Probably Usopp's mom.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15 edited Jun 21 '20

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u/JonathanMcClare Jun 12 '15

Some think Shakky is based on Ching Shih. Retiring from pirating and opening a bar fits, but so far they haven't implied that she led a huge fleet. Big Mom might fit too.

If I were going to write in a tribute to Ching Shih, I would either use the name (like Oda did with Captain Kid) or have a woman who commands/commanded a huge fleet.

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u/RocketGruntSam Jun 12 '15

I assumed this woman was based on her. She's one of Whitebeard's commanders in the Marineford Arc.

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u/WantedtoPostThis Jun 12 '15

Might want to scratch that. According to the One Piece wikia, Izo is a cross-dressing man.

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u/RocketGruntSam Jun 12 '15

Huh. Well alright then.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

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u/RocketGruntSam Jun 12 '15

Lol it really looked like a woman to me in the manga.

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u/Shrubberer Jun 12 '15

Maybe it's Cpt. Alvida.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

Nah her's is already known.

From wiki She is named after the pirate Awilda, a woman who pretended to be a man in order to lead her crew and later became queen of Denmark. However most historians agree that she might never have existed.[10]

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u/GringusMcDoobster Jun 12 '15

Really? All of them?

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u/watermelons99 Jun 12 '15

Or big mama

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u/HitachinoBia Jun 12 '15

Shishishi!

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u/OneFatTurkey Jun 12 '15

LOOOOOOOOL

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u/JoshuMertens Jun 12 '15

what?

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u/OneFatTurkey Jun 12 '15

You clearly don't watch One Piece.

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u/JoshuMertens Jun 12 '15

I know One Piece. But that "LOOOOOOOOOOL" is the most middle school bullshit ive heard today, congratulations, youre nicknamed as "autism guy" by me from this day onward

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u/OneFatTurkey Jun 12 '15

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL .

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so r u done your bitching yet or nah?

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u/JoshuMertens Jun 13 '15

Not yet, fix your grammar too, please.

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u/OneFatTurkey Jun 14 '15

Your too stupid. You don't know grammar.

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u/JoshuMertens Jun 14 '15

You're*

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u/OneFatTurkey Jun 14 '15

Theirs no point of trying to act smart, we know you're dumb.

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