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The Jiajing wokou raids caused extensive damage to the coast of China in the 16th century, during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor (r. 1521–67) in the Ming dynasty.The term "wokou" originally referred to Japanese pirates who crossed the sea and raided Korea and China; however, by the mid-Ming, the wokou consisted of multinational crewmen that included the Japanese and the Portuguese, but a ...
14th and 16th-century wokou pirate raids One of the gates of the Chongwu Fortress on the Fujian coast (originally built c. 1384). The origin of the term wokou dates back to the 4th century, but among wokou's activities, which are divided into two academic periods, the pirates called "early wokou" were borne from the Mongol invasions of Japan.
Wang Zhi was a native of She County of Huizhou (in present-day Huangshan City, Anhui).His mother was surnamed Wāng (汪) as opposed to his father's Wáng (王).Owing to the similar surnames of his parents, some sources refer to Wang Zhi by his mother's surname, thus rendering his name as Wāng Zhi 汪直 instead of Wáng Zhi 王直. [1]
Wokou merchant-pirates became a ... Aided by the Portuguese, pirate activities peaked between 1553 and 1561, and included a raid in 1556 ... Code of Conduct ...
Jiajing wokou raids: A censor reports that piracy on the southeast coast is out of control. [245] 1548: February: Jiajing wokou raids: Pirates raid Ningbo and Taizhou. [245] April: Jiajing wokou raids: Ming forces attack Shuangyu but many of the ships in the harbor escape. [245] June: Mongols defeat Ming forces at Xuanfu. [246] October: Mongols ...
The wokou abandoned the ships and swam away, with some drowning due to the weight of their armor. [12] The Spanish had suffered their first casualties, among them the galley's captain Pedro Lucas. [12] The flotilla continued down the Cagayán River, finding a fleet of eighteen sampans and a Wokou fort erected inland. The Spanish fleet forced ...
Qi Jiguang (Chinese: 戚繼光; pinyin: Qī Jìguāng; Wade–Giles: Ch'i 1 Chi 4-Kuang 1, November 12, 1528 – January 17, 1588), [1] [2] [3] courtesy name Yuanjing, art names Nantang and Mengzhu, posthumous name Wuyi, was a Chinese military general and writer of the Ming dynasty.
Part of Jiajing wokou raids; Location: China Wokou. Portuguese merchants Ming China: Defeat. Galeote Pereira is captured. Battle of the Bay of Velez (1553) Location: North Africa, Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. Kingdom of Portugal: Ottoman Empire. Regency of Algiers; Defeat: Tamoyo Confederation (1554–1567) Location: Brazil Portuguese Empire ...