Calico Jack was born John Rackham on December 26, 1682, and died on November 18, 1720. Not much is known about his early life. He first appeared in written records in 1718 as a crew member of a ...

Somewhere in Key West’s Old Town, there’s an elderly man cursing the soul of Calico Jack. I don’t mean Calico Jack Rackham, ...

Often hapless, drunken and cowardly at once, Calico Jack is famed for his flamboyancy as much as his exploits at sea. As the original inspiration behind the similarly characterised Captain Jack ...

He proved that no one could tell him what to do, and won himself the name “Calico Jack.” Rackham had been Charles Vane’s quartermaster, just like in Black Sails. But he became captain when ...

But Rackham is a bit obsessed with his own invention ... to calico in the near future — he is, after all, known as Calico Jack — Season 3 marks the first time we hear him say the word.

Long John Silver’s hair has been let loose over time, but not his secrets it seems The three alpha pirates left, Calico Jack Rackham, Captain Flint, and Long John Silver had their moments on ...

According to Maryland State Parks, the many coves of Maryland's Assateague Island saw pirates, possibly the likes of Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and John "Calico Jack" Rackham, among its early ...

and feature John “Calico Jack” Rackham. Vane, Blackbeard, and Calico Jack all appear in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, which will be released on October 29 for PS3 ...

Halfway through “Tom Brown’s School Days” (1857), Thomas Hughes’s pious celebration of British boarding-school life, Tom Brown’s bit-part scourge, Harry Flashman, is expelled for ...