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Port Royal main road
"Main road, which leads to Port Royal, becomes a lake whenever it rains. The heavy rains this week showed this as vehicles struggled to get through the water."
Earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica 7 June 1692
Depiction of the Port Royal earthquake on June 7, 1692.
Port Royal excavation
Drawing showing method used by divers of Port Royal and elsewhere in the West Indies for raising small vessels.
Method of excavation used at Port Royal after 1692
Diagram showing the method of excavation used at Port Royal after the 1692 earthquake.
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Orange Park, St. Thomas
The main house of the Orange Park coffee plantation in Yallahs, St. Thomas which eventually became home to the late Professor Basil Barrington Watson.