Port Royal on Jamaica

22 May 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Port Royal Cays © NASA World Wind

Port Royal Cays © NASA World Wind

Port Royal is a city located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of the Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1518, it was the centre of shipping commerce in the Caribbean Sea during the latter half of the 17th century. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692 and a subsequent tsunami, and fires. Severe hurricanes have regularly damaged it. Another severe earthquake occurred in 1907.   read more…

Lady Washington

14 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Tall ships Reading Time:  7 minutes

Lady Washington on Morro Bay © flickr.com - Michael L. Baird/cc-by-2.0

Lady Washington on Morro Bay © flickr.com – Michael L. Baird/cc-by-2.0

Lady Washington is a ship name that is shared by at least 4 different small wooden merchant sailing vessels during two different time periods. The original sailed for about 10 years in the 18th century. A somewhat updated modern replica was created in 1989. Lady Washington has appeared in various films, portraying HMS Interceptor in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and the brig Enterprise, a namesake of the Starship Enterprise, on the holodeck in Star Trek Generations.   read more…

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