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4 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Port Royal Submerged St Paul Fort Wall East in Surrey, Port Royal, Jamaica is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Port Royal Submerged 1692 Earthquake Fort James Wall in Surrey, Port Royal, Jamaica is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
Early Modern (1518–1692) · English colonial / pirate
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…
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
English pirate port (1655–1692 earthquake 1692 June 7, 11:43 AM liquefaction 6.9 sec 33 acre sank) · English buccaneer (Port Royal 1655–92 Henry Morgan) Wickedest City 2000 brick houses
Port Royal Hamilton 1981, 1692 earthquake 33 acre liquefaction, 300 buildings.
