These 27 images of legendary freebooters range from Artemisia, a commander in the ancient Persian navy of Xerxes, to Huang P'ei-mei, a twentieth-century Chinese pirate who headed a force of more than 50,000 cutthroats. Pirate queens throughout the ages include Scandinavian, Irish, French, Moroccan, Chinese, and English women all accurately depicted in full regalia, armed with pistols and swords.
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