THE FLAG OF PIRATE JOHN RACKHAM

John Rackham became better known as "Calico Jack" during a short but very successful career as a Pirate Captain. During barely a four year tumultuous period he and his crew achieved a highly acclaimed fame as ruthless and ferocious Pirates throughout the Caribbean and the West Indies. Jack Rackham (Calico Jack) displayed a set of crossed cutlasses rather than bones to pronounce his willingness to fight.

Transported in irons to Jamaica for trial, Calico Jack and his crew were tried on November 16, 1720, before Sir Nicholas Laws. Despite repenting his Pirate acts as he had successfully done previously, Calico Jack Rackham was not spared and was hanged at Gallows Point, Port Royal later that same year.