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![Calico Jack](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14634.png?v=1700881623)
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Calico Jack
John Rackham (d. 1720), also known as Jack Rackham or 'Calico Jack' for his preference for cotton clothing, was an English pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Rackham took over the pirate crew of Charles Vane (d. 1721), and...
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John Rackham ('Calico Jack')
An early 18th-century print of the English pirate John Rackham, otherwise known as 'Calico Jack' (d. 1720). The illustration appeared in an early edition of A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates by Captain...
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Jolly Roger of Calico Jack
The Jolly Roger of 'Calico Jack', aka John Rackham (d. 1720). The English captain, who was active in the Caribbean, had Anne Bonny and Mary Read amongst his crew.
![Mary Read](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14684.png?v=1637837102)
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Mary Read
Mary Read, sometimes spelt Reade (b. c. 1690), was an infamous pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1720) active in the Bahamas until her capture by the Jamaican authorities in 1720. As a crew member of the English pirate John Rackham...
![Anne Bonny](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14465.png?v=1702234023)
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Anne Bonny
Anne Bonny (also Bonney) was an Irish-born pirate who briefly operated in the waters around the Bahamas before her capture by the Jamaican authorities in 1720. As partner to the English pirate John Rackham, aka ‘Calico Jack’, Bonny dressed...
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Who's Who in a Pirate Crew
It was all very well pocketing other people’s valuables and roistering at rum parties, but life on a pirate ship involved a surprising amount of hard work. Pirates were first and foremost sailors and in the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730...
![Noah in the Bible and the Qur'an | Jack Miles](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2638_ci_preview.jpg)
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Noah in the Bible and the Qur'an | Jack Miles
CC: Cultures are often revealed through the stories they hand down through generations. Every civilization has foundational ones. Among the stories many cultures tell, we find tales of a great flood, but the story of Noah’s flood captured...
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Jack-o'-Lanterns
Pumpkins carved for Halloween.
![Trial Notice of John Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14469.png?v=1638068402)
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Trial Notice of John Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read
The November 1720 trial notice of John Rackham (aka 'Calico Jack'), Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Issued as part of a pamphlet by the authorities of Jamaica a few days after the trial. All three were found guilty. Rackham was hanged but the two...
![Charles Vane](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14557.png?v=1632686402)
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Charles Vane
Captain Charles Vane was an English pirate active in the Caribbean and off the east coast of North America between 1716 and 1720. The pirate, who infamously refused a pardon and instead fired his cannons at the ship of Governor Woodes Rogers...