Check the timeline against the evidence →
Check the timeline against the evidence →
1718 · Traditional account
The Mutiny
The day Rackam is said to have taken commandCharles VaneRefused the fightThe crew votedJohn RackamCalled him a coward
Then came
Anne Bonny
The trial proves they sailed together. Their private relationship belongs to later narrative.Explore Anne Bonny →The crew gains
Mary Read
Named, witnessed, tried, and convicted alongside Anne in Jamaica.Explore Mary Read →A name from later history
Why “Calico”?
No document from Rackam’s lifetime calls him Calico Jack. Trace how the nickname entered print.Open the lore record →The symbol
The Flag
The crossed-cutlass design is famous. The 1721 trial instead records a “white pendant.”Legend versus evidence →Step aboard
Explore His Ship
Rackam’s final command was a small sloop—fast, shallow-draft, and suited to island waters.
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Image · Evidence · Interpretation
Reconstructing Jack Rackham
October 1720
The Final Hunt
Jonathan Barnet closes on Rackam near Jamaica.The capture
The Last Fight
The trial record describes a brief resistance and surrender.16 November 1720
The Trial
St Jago de la Vega, Jamaica.Read the trial →18 November 1720
The Sentence
Death by hangingGallows Point, Port Royal.Afterward
Rackam’s Cay
His body was displayed in chains as a warning.
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Your choices. Your fate.
What Would You Do?
- Attack the French ship
- Support Vane
- Sail with Anne & Mary
- Accept the pardon
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