Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- 00:00 Introduction 04:55 Rise of the Wako (400 BC - 1260) 10:00 Pirates for Hire (1274) 13:52 Rise of the Ming (1380) 18:09 Southern Barbarians (1517) 26:41 Conquistadors (1582) 33:31 The English (1605) 38:32 Pirates of God (1603) 45:02 Koxinga and the House of Zheng (1647) 55:27 Madam Zheng, Pirate Queen (1810) 1:02:24 End of an Era (1844) Written by Thomas Lockley. Check out his book on Yasuke: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Geoffrey-Girard/dp/1335044981/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=yasuke&qid=1615050333&sr=8-1 Edited and narrated by David Kelly. Art by Matthew Cartwright: https://mattcartwrightillustration.com/ *************BIBLIOGRAPHY IN A PINNED COMMENT*********** — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Image Credits: Guangzhou Pagoda By Kxx - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10967097 Augustus Image By Janmad on basis of the picture by Jastrow → Image:Great Cameo of France CdM Paris Bab264 n1.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5202537 Watazumi Shrine By user:opqr - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12363852 Caravel By Kyle Taylor from London, 84 Countries - Lisbon With Langon - 56Uploaded by tm, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26070971 Jambiya Dagger By Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia - Jambiya, Traditional Yemeni, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33168037 Wall Ligor By Suwannee.payne - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curi