The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland

The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland: "beautiful Chinese female pirate who commanded a fleet of 1500 ships and 80,000 sailors in the early 1800s!  Named Cheng I Sao, she raided the coastlines of Asia from 1801 to 1810.  Wave after wave of Chinese naval fleets and British and Portuguese bounty hunters tried to capture her.  All to no avail.  Read here for more details.  Was this the actual basis of some of the story line of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End? "