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Extract from the Port Royal Travel Guides:
A short drive or ferry ride from downtown Kingston,
PORT ROYAL
captures the early colonial spirit better than any other place in Jamaica. Originally a tiny island, this little fishing village is now joined to the mainland by the
Palisadoes
, a series of small cays that silted together over hundreds of years and, with a bit of human assistance, now form a roadway and a natural breakwater for Kingston's harbour.
After wresting Jamaica from Spain in 1655, the British turned the island into a
battle station
, with five separate forts and a palisade at the north to defend against attack...
read the whole Port Royal Travel Guides...
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