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#308 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 2: Into the Tiger's Mouth
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#308 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 2: Into the Tiger's Mouth
The Pirate Queen’s Red Flag Fleet reigns supreme, but a three-way battle at Tiger’s Mouth tests even her grip on the seas.
Time Period Covered:
1807-1844 CE
Major Historical Figures:
Red Flag Fleet:
Zheng Yi Sao (AKA Ching Shih, née Shi Yang), Co-Commander of the Red Flag Confederation [1775-1844]
Zhang Baozai, Co-Commander of the Red Flag Fleet, later Qing Navy colonel [1783-1822]
Guo Podai, Commander of the Black Flag Fleet [178?-181?]
Qing Empire:
The Jiaqing Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Yongyan) [r. 1796-1820]
Bailing, Governor-General of Liangguang [d. 1829]
Sun Quanmou, Provincial Fleet Commander
Wen Chengzhi, Qing Chief Official Negotiator
Portuguese Empire:
Captain José Pinto Alcoforado e Sousa, Commander of Macau Flotilla [177?-18??]
Major Sources Cited:
Andrade, Tonio. The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History.
Antony, Robert J. Like Froth Floating on the Sea: The World of Pirates and Seafarers in Late Imperial South China.
Leonard, Jane Kate. "Maritime China in Transition, 1750–1850" in The Cambridge History of China, Volume 9, Part 2: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800, Part 2.
Murray, Dian H. Pirates of the South China Coast, 1790–1810.
Van de Ven, Hans J. Breaking with the Past: The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China.
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