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The 10 Most Successful Real-Life Pirates

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A list of real-life historical pirates. When the word pirate is mentioned, images of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow instantly come to mind. Real pirates, however, were (and are) a lot more intimidating. These marauders and swashbucklers have roamed the seas for hundreds of years, raining terror and mayhem down on poor unsuspecting souls. These are the most successful and/or terrifying pirates to ever sail the ocean blue.
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    Ching Shih

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    It may be hard to believe, but the most notorious pirate to ever live was a former prostitute named Ching Shih, the wife of pirate Zheng Yi and later the wife of the couple's adopted son Cheun Po Tsai. Sounds twisted, right? Ching Shih terrorized coastal villages from Macau to Canton in the People's Republic of China until she eventually gave up her pirating ways, living out her 69 years running a casino and brothel.

    [In the "Pirates" movies, she's depicted as "Mistress Ching," one of the members of the Brethren Court.]

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  1. Melodee Altavilla
    The 10 Most Successful Real-Life Pirates at 11/06/2012 6:30 AM
    this isn't a bad thing to write about real life pirates, my friend.
  2. anonumous
    The 10 Most Successful Real-Life Pirates at 5/24/2011 1:15 PM
    put more pirates

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