Chui A-poo
Chui A-poo | |
|---|---|
徐亞保 | |
Pirate | |
| Years active | mid-1800s |
| Rank | fleet commander |
| Base of operations | South China Sea |
| Commands | 50 ship Chinese fleet |
Chui A-pooShap Ng-tsai.[4]
In September 1849, his fleet, which was based in
More than 400 pirates were killed and Chui was seriously wounded. Although he managed initially to escape, he was betrayed by his own crew and handed over to the British authorities. He was wanted with a bounty of £500[6] for the murder of two British officers.[7] His punishment was lifelong exile to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), but he hanged himself in his cell before it could be carried out.[8]See also
Notes and references
- ^ Also spelt Chui-Apoo.
- ISBN 988-98611-3-5
- ^ Grace Estelle Fox (1940), British Admirals and Chinese Pirates, 1832-1869 (in German), London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., pp. 107
- ISBN 978-0-312-20667-3
- ISBN 978-0-7524-8827-1.
- ISBN 1-4021-5159-4, Unabridged translation of the Cantoneseoriginal
- ISBN 0-7007-1298-4
- ISBN 962-209-574-7
- Is the namesake of the One Piece character Scratchmen Apoo.
Further reading
- Beresford Scott (1851), An account of the destruction of the fleets of the celebrated pirate chieftains Chui-apoo and Shap-ng Tsai, on the coast of China, in September and October 1849 (in German), London
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Magazine, University (January–June 1850), "Expedition against the Chinese Pirates", The Dublin University Magazine. A Literary and Political Journal (in German), no. XXXV, Dublin, pp. 521-531, retrieved 18 May 2008
