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Calico Jack
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Calico Jack

John Rackham (d. 1720), also known as Jack Rackham or 'Calico Jack' for his preference for cotton clothing, was an English pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Rackham took over the pirate crew of Charles Vane (d. 1721), and...
Jack Lang
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Jack Lang

Jack Lang (1876-1975), premier of New South Wales, Australia, smoking his trademark pipe. Photo taken in 1930. National Library of Australia.
John Rackham ('Calico Jack')
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John Rackham ('Calico Jack')

An early 18th-century print of the English pirate John Rackham, otherwise known as 'Calico Jack' (d. 1720). The illustration appeared in an early edition of A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates by Captain...
Jolly Roger of Calico Jack
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Jolly Roger of Calico Jack

The Jolly Roger of 'Calico Jack', aka John Rackham (d. 1720). The English captain, who was active in the Caribbean, had Anne Bonny and Mary Read amongst his crew.
Noah in the Bible and the Qur'an | Jack Miles
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Noah in the Bible and the Qur'an | Jack Miles

CC: Cultures are often revealed through the stories they hand down through generations. Every civilization has foundational ones. Among the stories many cultures tell, we find tales of a great flood, but the story of Noah’s flood captured...
Jack-o'-Lanterns
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Jack-o'-Lanterns

Pumpkins carved for Halloween.
Sioux War Chief Gall (Eastman's Biography)
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Sioux War Chief Gall (Eastman's Biography)

Gall (Phizi, l. c. 1840-1894) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux war chief best known for his participation in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. He was a close associate of Red Cloud (l. 1822-1909), Sitting Bull (l. c. 1837-1890), and...
Anne Bonny
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Anne Bonny

Anne Bonny (also Bonney) was an Irish-born pirate who briefly operated in the waters around the Bahamas before her capture by the Jamaican authorities in 1720. As partner to the English pirate John Rackham, aka ‘Calico Jack’, Bonny dressed...
Alexandra David-Néel
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Alexandra David-Néel

Alexandra David-Néel (l. 1868-1969) was a world traveler, writer, and Buddhist spiritualist who wrote over 30 books on her journeys which took her 18,641.136 miles (30,000 km) around the world on foot or by various conveyances. Her works...
Mary Read
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Mary Read

Mary Read, sometimes spelt Reade (b. c. 1690), was an infamous pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1720) active in the Bahamas until her capture by the Jamaican authorities in 1720. As a crew member of the English pirate John Rackham...
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