Really Cool Lesser-known Pirates

The women! Meet a daring tactician of the ancient world, a Muslim woman Corsair; enterprising and vengeful pirate widows; a mother-and-daughter-in-law ship-stealing duo; the “Most Successful Pirate in History” who got the better of the Chinese empire, and more.The Jews. When Spain forced them out, some went to raid Spanish shipping in the Caribbean under the code name “Portuguese”; and Spain’s holdings in the Netherlands. Meet Amsterdam’s Pirate Rabbi, - whose portrait may have been painted by Rembrandt. And America’s Cajun pirate, too.