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236 Piracy in the South China Sea with Rita Chang-Eppig

The Weird History Podcast by Joe Streckert

May 12, 202329:31Society & Culture

By all reasonable metrics Shek Yeung, who raided the South China Sea in the early 1800s, is one of the most successful pirates of all time. In her new novel Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea author Rita […]

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