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lissa_quonSo I have recently started realizing I am way too fond of pillaging history for the cool stuff that people forgot about. decided I should share some of this with the world, just so I don't end up hogging all the good bits myself.
Part of this post may of may not be fueled by my rage after I recently ran across a discussion where someone said they just didn't see female pirates as believable since back then all women did was cook, clean and make babies.
Julie d'Aubigny - cross dressing swordswoman, noblewoman, opera singer - and was wanted in various parts of France for kidnapping, body snatching and burning down a nunnery - I am not making any of this up she is probably one of the most epic and badass women I've heard of in history.
Stede Bonnet - A fairly well of family man from well to do background who for some reason, marital issues, mid life crisis what have you decided he needed a change in his life. And built himself a ship, hired a crew and proceeded to become a pirate.
While not awesomely good at it I do consider him epically hilarious just in the sheer audacity of it all. He also did meet up with a pirate that history hasn't forgotten which seemed to help him survive long enough to be vaguely remembered.
Cheng I Sao - Chinese woman who started off as a prostitute, married the head of a large pirate fleet and took over control. She controlled a fleet of around 400 ships (some records give more ships listed) and by the (peaceful retirement) end of her career was responsible for the majority of piracy in Chinese territory.
Anne Dieu-le-VeutFrench buccaneer, woman who joined her husband a pirate in the business when he died she challenged his killer to a duel and they ended up joining forces and sharing command of his ship. She didn't hide the fact she was a woman and the she got the nick name Dieu-le-Veut "God Wants" cause it seemed she got anything she wanted quite easily as if God himself wanted her to get it.
This has been another history nerd ramble. I can not guarantee this will not happen again.
Part of this post may of may not be fueled by my rage after I recently ran across a discussion where someone said they just didn't see female pirates as believable since back then all women did was cook, clean and make babies.
Julie d'Aubigny - cross dressing swordswoman, noblewoman, opera singer - and was wanted in various parts of France for kidnapping, body snatching and burning down a nunnery - I am not making any of this up she is probably one of the most epic and badass women I've heard of in history.
Stede Bonnet - A fairly well of family man from well to do background who for some reason, marital issues, mid life crisis what have you decided he needed a change in his life. And built himself a ship, hired a crew and proceeded to become a pirate.
While not awesomely good at it I do consider him epically hilarious just in the sheer audacity of it all. He also did meet up with a pirate that history hasn't forgotten which seemed to help him survive long enough to be vaguely remembered.
Cheng I Sao - Chinese woman who started off as a prostitute, married the head of a large pirate fleet and took over control. She controlled a fleet of around 400 ships (some records give more ships listed) and by the (peaceful retirement) end of her career was responsible for the majority of piracy in Chinese territory.
Anne Dieu-le-VeutFrench buccaneer, woman who joined her husband a pirate in the business when he died she challenged his killer to a duel and they ended up joining forces and sharing command of his ship. She didn't hide the fact she was a woman and the she got the nick name Dieu-le-Veut "God Wants" cause it seemed she got anything she wanted quite easily as if God himself wanted her to get it.
This has been another history nerd ramble. I can not guarantee this will not happen again.