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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 his recruits included the two infamous women pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Captain Rackham was tried on four charges of piracy, found guilty, and hanged in Port Royal, Jamaica in November 1720.

Charles Vane’s Quartermaster

From at least 1718, Rackham sailed as quartermaster and the second-in-command to the notorious English pirate Charles Vane, operating in the Caribbean and off the east coast of North America. Before this time, nothing is known of Rackham's life. In August 1718, Vane refused a royal pardon in the Bahamas and fired his cannons at the ship of the governor Woodes Rogers (1679-1732) as he and Rackham escaped port and reached the freedom of the open sea.

Vane operated a small fleet of pirate ships and Rackham commanded the English prize vessel Kingston. Vane was known as a cruel pirate captain who dished out punishments such as keelhauling, and he faced accusations of not sharing out his plunder fairly amongst his crew. In November 1718, Vane refused to attack a well-armed French frigate in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Hispaniola. His crew had wanted to attack and so after a period of no prizes being taken, they eventually mutinied in the spring of 1719. On a charge of cowardice, Vane was voted out, and Rackham was promoted to captain. It may have been that the quarrel was not really about cowardice but was over Rackham not wanting to share out the liquor which was amongst the Kingston’s cargo. Vane was left to leave in another ship, but this was then shipwrecked. Vane was eventually rescued from a desert island, but he was taken to prison and hanged.

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There's an art trend on Twitter where everyone draws Hatsune Miku from their country in traditional/everyday clothes!

I drew my Miku being from my country, The Bahamas, in Junkanoo garb :D

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Pirelli Calendar Bahamas, 1970 by Francis Giacobetti

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Uschi Obermaier in the Bahamas by Francis Giacobetti, 1970

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Sondra Peterson & Deborah Dixon with The Beatles during a photoshoot for McCall's Magazine in the Bahamas, photo by Enrico Caruso, 7 March 1965

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A hundred to one they are quite another beautiful women, but this set always reminds me about it:

The Beatles' first exposure to heroin is believed to have taken place in 1965. While filming Help! on Huntington Hartford's estate on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, director Richard Lester witnessed two women attempting to introduce Paul McCartney to the drug. [Lester] accidentally overheard two of the most beautiful women he had ever seen, dressed in identical, stunning black swimsuits, try to coax Paul into taking heroin. The combination of their sexual come-on and the enticement towards hard drugs was one of the most chillingly evil moments Lester has ever encountered … His sense of relief when Paul rebuffed the twosome was profound.​

(The Man Who Framed the Beatles: A Biography of Richard Lester by Andrew Yule​, 1994)

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Lighthouse Beach, Eleuthera, Bahamas

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Pigs, Bahamas

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1965 Paul McCartney

Nassau, Bahamas

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Tommy Winkler on Castaway Cay in the Bahamas.

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The sun also rises, even if the day before changes us forever

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Bahamian woman, Sienna Evans, The Bahamas, by Miss Bahamas

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Icon of the Seas, Port of Miami, United States: The world's largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, makes its grand entrance into the Port of Miami... Icon of the Seas is the lead ship of the Icon class. She entered service on 27 January 2024 out of the Port of Miami in the US. At 248,663 gross tonnage, Icon of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world. Wikipedia

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