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{{Character Infobox | {{Character Infobox | ||
|image = Jack Rackham.png | |image = Jack Rackham.png | ||
|birth = 27 December 1682<br | |birth = 27 December 1682<br>[[Cuba]] | ||
|death = 18 November 1720 (aged 37)<br | |death = 18 November 1720 (aged 37)<br>[[Port Royal]], [[Kingston]], [[Jamaica]] | ||
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' | |appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' | ||
|voice = }} | |voice = }} | ||
'''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]] from 1718 to 1720. | '''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]] from 1718 to 1720. | ||
In 1718, Rackham led a mutiny against [[Charles Vane]] and [[Edward Kenway]] while raiding a Spanish slaving ship, marooning the two men on [[Isla Provindencia]]. He took control of the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' and planned on selling [[Adéwalé]] into slavery. Rackham barely lasted two months | In 1718, Rackham led a mutiny against [[Charles Vane]] and [[Edward Kenway]] while raiding a Spanish slaving ship, marooning the two men on [[Isla Provindencia]]. He then took control of the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' and planned on selling [[Adéwalé]] into slavery. However, due to his poor captaincy skills, Rackham barely lasted two months at sea before accepting Governor [[Woodes Rogers]]' pardon – as Edward returned to Great [[Inagua]] – where Rackham was left tied up by Adewale and [[Mary Read]]. | ||
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 | 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 in that state. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | <gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | ||
AC4- | AC4-CaribbeanSea JackAndBenjamin.jpg|[[Benjamin Hornigold]], [[Edward Kenway]] and Jack Rackham | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
*[ | *''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' | ||
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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 from 1718 to 1720.
In 1718, Rackham led a mutiny against Charles Vane and Edward Kenway while raiding a Spanish slaving ship, marooning the two men on Isla Provindencia. He then took control of the Jackdaw and planned on selling Adéwalé into slavery. However, due to his poor captaincy skills, Rackham barely lasted two months at sea before accepting Governor Woodes Rogers' pardon – as Edward returned to Great Inagua – where Rackham was left tied up by Adewale and Mary Read.
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 in that state.
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Benjamin Hornigold, Edward Kenway and Jack Rackham
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