West Indies, Jamaicasouth coast, Port Royal and Kingston Harbors Norman B. Leventhal Map

Port Royal West Indies. Port Royal, Jamaica 1692 Earthquake 'The Town of Port Royal, being as it were the Store House or Treasury of the West Indies, is always like a continual art or Fair where all sorts of choice Merchandizes are. Port Royal (Jamaican Patois: Puat Rayal) is a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica.Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century

Port Royal is situated on the end of an 18-mile long sand spit known as the Palisadoes, 15 miles from the centre of Kingston, capital of Jamaica. A stopped pocket watch indicated that it occurred around 11:43 AM local time

RoyalWestIndies9868 · Royal West Indies Resort, Turks and Caicos

(66 percent) of the "storehouse and treasury of the West Indies" sank into Kingston Harbor in a disastrous earthquake In December 1654, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, sent an invasion force under the commands of Admiral Penn and General Venables to capture Hispaniola. Port Royal was known throughout the New World in the 17th century, as a headquarters for piracy, smuggling, and debauchery.

rest · Royal West Indies Resort, Turks and Caicos. Port Royal (Jamaican Patois: Puat Rayal) is a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica.Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century The practice, however, continued in one form or another into the 18th century

rwi · Royal West Indies Resort, Turks and Caicos. Port Royal West Indies Silver Rum, Scotland, United Kingdom In December 1654, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, sent an invasion force under the commands of Admiral Penn and General Venables to capture Hispaniola.