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The greatest pirate story ever told won’t be launching later this year with the next Pirates of the Caribbean sequel; it has already occurred—300 years ago. It is the story of Port Royal.
The history of the city of Port Royal in Jamaica has more pirates in it than Johnny Depp’s filmography on IMDB, and the movie industry hasn’t even scratched the surface of how amazing the city actually was at its height.
Port Royal, pre-1692.
Port Royal wasn’t given the name of Jamaica’s wickedest city lightly. There might be no more deserving city in all of the Caribbean.
The birth of a pirate legend
Port Royal is located on a small island in the mouth of the Kingston harbor. The Spaniards were the first Europeans who came to the island (coming with Christopher Columbus in 1494). It took about 15 years longer for permanent settlement to follow.
The island’s main value to the Spanish was based on its proximity to trade routes, and its convenience as a port for ship repair and hull scraping. The Spanish controlled the island for about 146 years until it was conquered by the British in 1655. That’s when things started to get interesting. The British were responsible for renaming the settlement: Port Royal.
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The history of the city of Port Royal in Jamaica has more pirates in it than Johnny Depp’s filmography on IMDB, and the movie industry hasn’t even scratched the surface of how amazing the city actually was at its height.
Port Royal, pre-1692.
Port Royal wasn’t given the name of Jamaica’s wickedest city lightly. There might be no more deserving city in all of the Caribbean.
The birth of a pirate legend
Port Royal is located on a small island in the mouth of the Kingston harbor. The Spaniards were the first Europeans who came to the island (coming with Christopher Columbus in 1494). It took about 15 years longer for permanent settlement to follow.
The island’s main value to the Spanish was based on its proximity to trade routes, and its convenience as a port for ship repair and hull scraping. The Spanish controlled the island for about 146 years until it was conquered by the British in 1655. That’s when things started to get interesting. The British were responsible for renaming the settlement: Port Royal.
https://www.interestingshit.com/plac...-city-jamaica/
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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