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John Rackham [a] (hanged 18 November 1720), [2] commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century. His nickname was derived from the calico clothing that he wore, while Jack is a nickname for "John".
A notorious English pirate around the turn of the 17th century who later became a Barbary Corsair operating out of Tunis during the early 1600s. Jacob Willekens: 1571–1633 1590s–1630s Netherlands Dutch admiral who led Dutch corsairs on the first major privateering expedition to the West Indies. Cornelis Wittebol: fl. 1622 1620s Netherlands
The capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham was a single-ship action fought between English pirate Calico Jack and British privateer Jonathan Barnet. The battle was fought in the vicinity of Negril , Jamaica and ended with the capture of Rackham and his crew.
Anne Bonny [a] (disappeared after 28 November 1720) [4] was a pirate who served under John "Calico Jack" Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history, [5] she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy as well as in the history of piracy in general. Much of Bonny's background is unknown.
C. Black Caesar (pirate) Calico Jack; Campuzano-Polanco family; James Carnegie (pirate) Jean-Baptiste du Casse; Lika Ceni; Chen Tianbao; Fletcher Christian
The Flying Gang was an 18th-century group of pirates who established themselves in Nassau, New Providence in the Bahamas after the destruction of Port Royal in Jamaica. [2] The gang consisted of the most notorious and cunning pirates of the time, and they terrorized and pillaged the Caribbean until the Royal Navy and infighting brought them to ...
Few historical pirates wore patches over their eyes, although some, like the 18th century Arab pirate Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah, did. [ 33 ] Whilst the Golden Age of European pirates is generally considered to have ended between 1710 and 1730, the prosperity of the Barbary pirates continued until the early 19th century.
Captain Edward 'Ned' Low (also Lowe or Loe) (c. 1690 – c. 1724) was a notorious pirate during the latter days of the Golden Age of Piracy, in the early 18th century.He was born around 1690 into poverty in Westminster, London, and was a thief and a scoundrel from a young age.