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'''Jack Rackham''' (27 December 1682 – 18 November 1720), more commonly known as '''Calico Jack''', was a [[Piracy|pirate]] captain who sailed the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. | '''Jack Rackham''' (27 December 1682 – 18 November 1720), more commonly known as '''Calico Jack''', was a [[Piracy|pirate]] captain who sailed the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]. | ||
After his execution by the [[ | After his execution by the [[United Kingdom|British]] in 1720, his body was left in a {{Wiki|Gibbeting|gibbet}} outside the fort at [[Kingston]], and was visited a year later by [[Edward Kenway]] during his escape from prison. Edward confessed that despite Jack's failings as both a sailor and a friend, it dismayed him to see him like that. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | <gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | ||
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Jack Rackham (27 December 1682 – 18 November 1720), more commonly known as Calico Jack, was a pirate captain who sailed the West Indies during the Golden Age of Piracy.
After his execution by the British in 1720, his body was left in a gibbet outside the fort at Kingston, and was visited a year later by Edward Kenway during his escape from prison. Edward confessed that despite Jack's failings as both a sailor and a friend, it dismayed him to see him like that.
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Benjamin Hornigold, Edward Kenway and Rackham
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