Verified17.9370° N · 76.8420° W · -8 m
Port Royal
Port Royal, Jamaica
Early Modern (1518–1692)·English colonial / pirate·🇯🇲 Kingston Harbour, Jamaica
About
About Port Royal
Infamous pirate capital of Caribbean ('Wickedest City in the World'), 2/3 slid into harbour by liquefaction in 1692 earthquake + tsunami, preserving 17th c storehouses under sediment - 'Pompeii of the New World'.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 1518 Taino, 1655 English fort expansion
- Period
- Early Modern (1518–1692)
- Culture
- English colonial / pirate
- Purpose
- Buccaneer base and England's largest New World city before 1692
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
1518 Taino, 1655 English fort expansion
Initial construction
c. 1524 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
17.9370° N · 76.8420° W · -8 m
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