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    Chui A-poo (Chinese: 徐亞保; died 1851) was a 19th-century Qing Chinese pirate who commanded a fleet of more than 50 junks in the South China Sea. He was...
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  • Anita Chui (崔碧珈; born 1988), Hong Kong actress Vincent Chui (崔允信), Hong Kong film director Chui A-poo (徐亞保; died 1851), Chinese pirate Norman Chui (徐少強;...
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    Battle of Tysami was a military engagement involving a warship from the British China Squadron and the Chinese pirates of Chui A-poo. It was fought in September...
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    Pompey (/ˈpɒmpi/ POM-pee) or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. He played a significant role in the transformation of Rome...
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    takes place every four years in November, is between Saint Malo and Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe. The population in 2017 was 46,097 – though this can increase...
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  • pronounced [ʕabdiweli ʕabdiqaːdir muːse]; Somali pronunciation; born 1990) is a Somali convicted pirate. He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked...
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    ISBN 0-14-025282-7 Olstad, Lisa (16 December 2002). "Ein minnestein for å hedre seg sjølv". forskning.no. Archived from the original on 29 August 2005...
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  • Blunderbuss (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    The blunderbuss is a 17th- to mid-19th-century firearm with a short, large caliber barrel which is commonly flared at the muzzle, to help aid in the loading...
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  • International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers of Albany, Oregon, who proclaimed September 19...
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    Hanslein] (died 1573) was a German pirate active from 1560 to 1573 who raided shipping in the North Sea until his defeat and capture by a fleet from Hamburg...
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