Piratemania 11 Geocoin Pirate Cheng I Sao

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Owner:
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Released:
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Origin:
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of owlover.

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Released for Piratemania 13, this pirate TB is in a race to get to Nassau in the Bahamas and collect selfies at the Virtual caches there, before returning home to UK please.

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Cheng I Sao

One of history’s most influential raiders began her career in a Chinese brothel. Cheng I Sao, or the “wife of Cheng,” was a Cantonese former prostitute who married a powerful corsair named Cheng I in 1801. The husband and wife team soon raised one of China’s most formidable pirate armies. Their outfit boasted hundreds of ships and some 50,000 men, and it preyed on the fishing vessels, supply junks and the coastal villages of Southern China with impunity.

 

Upon her husband’s death in 1807, Mrs. Cheng elbowed her way into power and partnered with a trusted lieutenant and lover named Chang Pao. Over the next few years, she plundered her way across Southeast Asia and assembled a fleet that rivaled many countries’ navies. She also penned a rigorous code of conduct for her pirates. Rape of female prisoners was punishable by beheading, and deserters had their ears lopped off. Mrs. Cheng’s bloody reign made her public enemy number one of the Chinese government, and in 1810, the British and Portuguese navies were enlisted to bring her to justice. Rather than duking it out at sea, she shrewdly agreed to surrender her fleet and lay down her cutlass in exchange for the right to keep her ill-gotten riches. Mrs. Cheng retired as one of history’s most successful pirates, and went on to run a gambling house until her death in 1844 at the age of 69.

 

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Tracking History (33979.5mi) View Map

Dropped Off 2/13/2025 King & 3 Queens placed it in GEORGIA PEACH TRAVEL BUG HOTEL Arizona - 1,080.35 miles  Visit Log

Cache on my friend

Retrieve It from a Cache 2/13/2025 King & 3 Queens retrieved it from Don’t Feel Trapped Arizona   Visit Log

Moving it to. Cache closer to the freeway in hopes to move along. Happy travels & happy caching.

Dropped Off 2/3/2025 King & 3 Queens placed it in Don’t Feel Trapped Arizona - 168.17 miles  Visit Log

Dropped it off to move on
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/3/2025 King & 3 Queens retrieved it from Yuma Block Party: Thanks GCHQ for 25 Amazing Years Arizona   Visit Log

Picked up from the Block party in Yuma, Arizona thanks for sharing

Discovered It 2/2/2025 gearguru discovered it Arizona   Visit Log

Discovered this trackable while in the Yuma area for the S.W.A.G. Yuma Block Party. Thank you for sharing and allowing me to discover it.
Discovered It 2/2/2025 tnwave discovered it Arizona   Visit Log

Seen at Yuma Block party
Dropped Off 2/2/2025 DairyMedic placed it in Yuma Block Party: Thanks GCHQ for 25 Amazing Years Arizona - 976.38 miles  Visit Log

Off you go
Discovered It 1/25/2025 betzij discovered it   Visit Log

Saw this at the MOOG annual event in Missoula. Thanks for sharing.
Discovered It 1/25/2025 blackdogsMT discovered it   Visit Log

Disovered this at the MOOG potluck event in Missoula, MT on Saturday.
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/25/2025 DairyMedic retrieved it from MOOG Winter Potluck 2025 Montana   Visit Log

Grabbed this one at the MOOG Winter Potluck event in Missoula, Montana. Will take this on an adventure or two. Thanks for sharing!
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