John Rackham (hanged 18 November 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early...
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The capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham was a single-ship action fought between English pirate Calico Jack and British privateer Jonathan Barnet. The...
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Calico (/ˈkælɪkoʊ/; in British usage since 1505) is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also...
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Nassau in the Bahamas, a sanctuary for pirates. It was there that she met Calico Jack Rackham and became his pirate partner and lover. She was captured alongside...
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Jean Bonadvis (section Capture of Calico Jack)
Caribbean. He is best known for his involvement with Benjamin Hornigold and "Calico Jack" Rackham. Hornigold, working in concert with Captain Napin, had taken...
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Black Sails (TV series) (category Cultural depictions of Calico Jack)
who are fictionalized in the show include Anne Bonny, Benjamin Hornigold, Jack Rackham, Charles Vane, Ned Low, Israel Hands and Blackbeard. The plot of...
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and made governor of Jamaica. He died a natural death in 1688. John "Calico Jack" Rackham, famous for his partnership with female pirates Anne Bonny and...
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Flying Gang (section "Calico Jack" Rackham)
Jennings mentored other well-known pirates such as Charles Vane and "Calico Jack" Rackham. Jennings was also known for a botched attack on a French merchant...
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Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and franchise. An early iteration of...
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pardon. But on 21 March, Vane and his men (including Edward England and Calico Jack Rackham) turned pirate again, capturing a Jamaican sloop. Vane sailed...
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Look up calico in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Calico is a plain-woven cotton textile. It may also refer to: Calico (American English), the same as...
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such as William "Captain" Kidd, Charles Vane, William Fly, and Jack Rackham ("Calico Jack") were all treated this manner. While piracy was predominantly...
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(Vane) Chepo Expedition Capture of the Ambrose Light Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham Capture of the schooner Bravo Capture of the schooner Fancy...
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the post-Spanish-Succession period—Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, Calico Jack, Samuel Bellamy, Edward Low, Stede Bonnet, and others—were still children...
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privateer, but joined the crew in mutiny. In 1720 she joined pirate John "Calico Jack" Rackham and his companion, Anne Bonny, who both believed her to be a...
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accompanied by such notorious figures as Israel Hands, Robert Deal and Calico Jack. As it spread throughout the neighbouring colonies, the news of Teach...
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Augustine who was Jim's guardian and mentor. Will Arnett as Jack Rackham / Calico Jack (season 1), a recently deposed pirate captain and former friend...
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Treasure Island, with Silver being played by Peter Jeffrey in 1989, and Jack Shepherd in 1995. The author John le Carré performed an abridged reading...
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(Vane) Chepo Expedition Capture of the Ambrose Light Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham Capture of the schooner Bravo Capture of the schooner Fancy...
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the early 17th century. According to writer Giles Milton, Jack Ward was an inspiration for Jack Sparrow of the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise....
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April 23, 2012, Beam announced it would acquire the Pinnacle vodka and Calico Jack rum brands for $600 million. In January 2014, Suntory announced a deal...
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was something they carried into Captain Jack Sparrow. Hector Barbossa's pet monkey, named "Jack" after Jack Sparrow, is a reference to Long John Silver's...
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(Vane) Chepo Expedition Capture of the Ambrose Light Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham Capture of the schooner Bravo Capture of the schooner Fancy...
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(Vane) Chepo Expedition Capture of the Ambrose Light Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham Capture of the schooner Bravo Capture of the schooner Fancy...
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A General History of the Pyrates (category Cultural depictions of Calico Jack)
colourful characters, such as the infamous English pirates Blackbeard and Calico Jack. It provides the standard account of the lives of many people still famous...
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(2007). Davy Jones is the near-immortal god of passing to the afterlife and Jack Sparrow's and Will Turner's archenemy. He is the captain of the Flying Dutchman...
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Sam Bellamy and Stede Bonnet. Jennings was mentor to Charles Vane, "Calico" Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read. Despite their rivalries, the pirates...
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Captain Jack may refer to: Calico Jack (1683–1720), a pirate in the 18th century Captain Jack (Hawaiian) (died 1831), Naihekukui, commander of Kamehameha's...
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(Vane) Chepo Expedition Capture of the Ambrose Light Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham Capture of the schooner Bravo Capture of the schooner Fancy...
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(Vane) Chepo Expedition Capture of the Ambrose Light Capture of John "Calico Jack" Rackham Capture of the schooner Bravo Capture of the schooner Fancy...
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