one of the nine pirate lords in The Pirates of the Caribbean. Ching Shih was born into poverty in 1775 in Canton, now known as Guangdong. When she came of age, she worked as a woman of the street ...

For as long as cargo ships have sailed the seas, pirates have plundered and pillaged ... and the respect of the Qing establishment. Ching Shih was born around 1775 in Canton (now Guangdong).