Images

Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531), painting by Hans Asper, c. 1549. Zürich, Switzerland.

A photo of a boatwoman from Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869. Wellcome Collection, London.

Takayo Fischer, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, and Ghassan Massoud in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). The character Mistress Ching is likely based on the famed pirate chief Zheng Yi Sao (d. 1844), widow of Zheng Yi. © Walt Disney Pictures...

The tomb of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Yaroslav the Wise (r. 1019-1054). Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv.

The interior and altar of Saint Sophia Cathedral of Kyiv.

Well-preserved fresco of a saint, 11th century. Saint Sophia Cathedral of Kyiv.

A Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) illustration showing pirates attacking merchant ships in the South China Sea. From the Qing Scroll. (Maritime Museum, Hong Kong)

A late-18th century map of the South China Sea. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal

An 1804 print of a Chinese junk ship. The junk was capable of operating in shallow waters or on ocean voyages and was a mainstay of merchant and pirate shipping in Asia for centuries.

Portrait of Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa in armour with St. Andrew's ribbon, oil on canvas painting, 18th century. Art Museum, Dnipro.