Real-life pirates like Charles Vane and Blackbeard are integrated into "Black Sails" with slight deviations from history. The ...

One of the pirates with the most similarities to Jack is John "Calico Jack" Rackham. Romance isn't the focus of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, but Jack's love interests speak to the character ...

Around 1718-19, upon reaching Providence, Anne’s eye was turned by a cunning pirate – John Rackham (better known as Calico Jack). She abandoned her husband and eloped with Rackham. Despite the ...

the realism of the Jolly Roger flag and the depiction of the real-life pirates Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, John "Calico Jack" Rackham, and Anne Bonny in "Black Sails" S1E1 and S3E10 (2014 and 2016 ...

Shudder. In 1718, Blackbeard had a boozy knees-up over several days with pirates Jack Rackham and Charles Vane on Ocracoke Island. On 22 November 1718 the Governor of Virginia (Alexander Spotswood ...

She dressed as a boy to seek work on board ship, and ended up being captured by the notorious pirate Jack Rackham - nicknamed Calico Jack. Along with another woman - Anne Bonny - she became part ...

Mary Read, born in England in 1685, dressed as a boy to seek work on board ship, and ended up being captured by the notorious pirate Jack Rackham. Along with Anne Bonny, born in Ireland in 1697 ...

When someone mentions pirates, images of peg legs, parrots, grand pirate ships, and buried treasure permeate our minds. Embellished stories of seafaring rogues offer a romanticized version of lives ...