alan rogers Calico Jack Captain John Rackham, called Calico Jack for the striped trousers he wore, was a pirate

shipwrecks, alan rogers 7, 47-48, 51; the Abacos, 167, 168-170; Andros, 197, 198; Bimini, 211; Cat Island, alan rogers 272; Eleuthera, alan rogers 229; the Exumas, 237, 247; Grand Bahama, 129; Long Island, 281, 288-289; New Providence, 84, 85, 86-89; San Salvador, 303; Turks & Caicos, 315

Calico Jack Captain John Rackham, called Calico Jack for the striped trousers he wore, was a pirate captain alan rogers for the two years 1718 to 1720. During alan rogers this short time he plundered many ships. He and his men were captured by the crew of a government ship and brought to trial at St. Jago de la Vega, Jamaica. alan rogers Among Rackham s crew were his mistress, Mary Read, and Anne Bonney. They are the only female pirates on record. Rackham and Read were hanged in Port Royal on November 17, 1720.