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Calico Jack Rackham, from an early 18th century engraving made by an artist who had never seen him. John  "Calico Jack" Rackham had mediocre accomplishments as a pirate. His fame comes from the fact that two most famous woman pirates, Anne Bonny and Mary Read sailed under his flag. He was hung at Gallows Point in Port Royal, Jamaica on November 18, 1720. His body was later placed in a gibbet on a small sandbar in the harbor now known as Rackham's Cay. Jack Rackham, Ching Shih, Jolly Roger Flag, Jack Johns, Anne Bonny, Famous Pirates, Calico Jack, Golden Age Of Piracy, Long John Silver

John Rackham was one of the rank-and-file pirates based in the Bahamas and, at the time of Woodes Rogers‘ arrival there, was serving in the crew of Charles Vane, leader of the die-hard pirate faction. He had a penchant for wearing clothes made from bright Indian Calico cloth, which lead his fellow pirates to dub […]

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