Why Is Jamaica Full Of English & Spanish Names?
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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
History of Jamaica:
Jamaica:
Jamaica Parish Profiles:
Spanish Colonisation of Jamaica:
Spanish Settlements in Jamaica:
Jamaican Slavery and Revolution:
British Colonisation of Jamaica:
Kingston Jamaica:
The History of the Parishes of Jamaica:
Jamaican Independence:
Names of Jamaica from the National Library of Jamaica:
PRONUNCIATION SOURCES
Arawakan:
Montego Bay:
Chorreras:
PHOTO SOURCES
Beaches of Jamaica: Fritz Rudolf Loewa
Ocho Rios: Patricia Edwards
Kingston, Jamaica: NASA
Kingston Upon Thames: Brian Gillman
Kingston Upon Hull: calflier001
Montego Bay: Trevor Cameron
Cornwall: Phil Williams
Palace Theater: Matt May
Montego Bay: Grahampurse
Spanish Town: Not Home
Christopher Columbus: Sebastiano del Piombo
Sevilla del siglo: Alonso Sánchez Coello
Dunns River Falls: Don Ramey Logan
Sugar: Editor at Large
Falmouth Jamaica: Adolphe Duperly
Falmouth England: EvaK
Mile Gully Mountain: Nigel20
Manchester: Parrot of Doom
Thief in the Night Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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