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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". Rackham was active towards the end (1718–1720) of the "Golden Age ...
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.
Like Anne Bonny, Mary Read was one of two famous female pirates dressed like a man aboard John Rackham’s ship. Read was an illegitimate child. She was born around 1690 in Plymouth, England, to a ...
John Rackham started his pirate career during the mutiny against Charles Vane after he refused to attack a French ship. He is most known for his flag, the Jolly Roger, and that his crew consisted of both men and women. When Rackham went to Nassau he met Anne Bonny and started an affair with her. The two of them went out on the seas and ...
The incident causes bad blood between Vane and his quartermaster, Calico Jack Rackham, who favored continuing the attack. December – Vane captures a sloop and two periaguas off northwest Jamaica. December 9–10 – John Auger and eight of his pirates are convicted and sentenced to death for piracy at Nassau, Bahamas
He died a natural death in 1688. John "Calico Jack" Rackham, famous for his partnership with female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, was captured, then hanged and gibbeted outside Port Royal, Jamaica, in 1720. Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, is considered by many to be the most successful Western pirate of all time with over 400 ship captures.
Roberts adopts a new flag threatening death to the inhabitants of Barbados and Martinique. August - Calico Jack Rackham steals John Ham's sloop William from the harbor of Nassau, Bahamas and leads a crew of pirates to sea, including Anne Bonny and Mary Read. September - Rackham and his pirates loot several fishing boats in the Bahamas.
John Rackham (c. 1682 – November 18, 1720) (often spelled Rackam or Rackum in contemporary documentation), known also as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain during the early 18th century. His nickname was derived from the calico clothing he wore.