Quarantine "yellow jack" but this was also a name for yellow fever, which probably derives its common name from the flag, not the color of the victims (cholera ships also used a yellow flag). The plain yellow flag ("Quebec" or Q in international maritime signal flags) probably derives its letter symbol for its initial use in "quarantine", but this flag in modern times indicates the opposite—a ship that declares itself free of quarantinable disease, and requests boarding and routine port inspection. Australia has perhaps the world's strictest quarantine standards. Quarantine in northern Australia is important because of its proximity to South-east
William Fly until one night William led a mutiny that resulted in Capt. Green being tossed overboard; Fly then took command of the "Elizabeth". Having captured the ship, the mutineers sewed a Jolly Roger flag, renamed the ship "Fames' Revenge", elected William Fly as captain, and sailed to the coast of North Carolina and north toward New England. They captured five ships in about two months before being captured themselves. Following his capture, Cotton Mather tried, and failed, to get Fly to publicly repent. William Fly and his crew were hanged at Boston Harbor on 12 July 1726. Reportedly, Fly approached the