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Pirates of the Caribbean - Jolly Roger Calico Jack Rackham Flag

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Pirates of the Caribbean - Jolly Roger Calico Jack Rackham Flag

Skull and crossed sabres: Calico Jack's pirate flag

The pirate flag you see here is a black field with a white skull above two crossed sabres, also white. It is the Jolly Roger that tradition attributes to John Rackham, the Caribbean pirate called «Calico Jack», and it is one of the most famous pirate flags in the world.

Who Calico Jack was

John Rackham was an English pirate of the early eighteenth century, known by the nickname «Calico Jack». In August 1720 he seized a ship, the William, in the harbour of Nassau, in the Bahamas, and with a small crew began plundering merchant ships and fishing boats along the coasts of Jamaica.

Anne Bonny and Mary Read

His story is bound up with two women pirates, very rare in that age. Anne Bonny followed him on board and fought dressed as a man; Mary Read sailed with them too. In the autumn of 1720 the ship was overtaken off Jamaica by Jonathan Barnet's armed sloop: according to the accounts, only the two women put up a fight. Rackham was tried and hanged; Anne and Mary were sentenced, but their execution was stayed because they were pregnant.

A flag between history and legend

Here history gives way to tradition. The vexillologists of Flags of the World warn that there is no period source at all for this design with the sabres: it is a depiction with no support in the records. The Royal Museums Greenwich, on the other hand, place Rackham among the pirates who used the classic skull and crossbones. The flag with the sabres remains, all the same, the one everyone links to his name.

The name Jolly Roger

«Jolly Roger» was the name given to the pirate flags of the so-called «golden age» of piracy. The origin of the name is uncertain: perhaps from the French «joli rouge», the red of privateers' flags, perhaps from «Old Roger», a nickname for the devil. The white skull on black was made to frighten: whoever saw it appear on the horizon knew they were expected to surrender.

Who chooses it

For anyone who loves pirates and sea stories, for children and themed parties, for re-enactment groups and pirate festivals, for a sailing boat or a yacht club, for a pub, a beach bar or a themed venue, for theatre and film sets, for sports supporters, for collectors. We sew it to order, in the size and fabric you choose above, and you see the delivery date before you pay.

Flag facts

Reconstruction from period descriptions, not from an official drawing.

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Historical
Years in use
unknown · period 1500–1799
Source of the drawing
Reconstructionreconstruction from period descriptions
Use
Not applicable
Proportions
2:3
Number of colours
2
Design
Plain

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