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Jamaica and Barbados Fortifications and Atlantic Privateer Tale
A long report details Jamaica and Barbados fortifications, militia, and garrisons in 1736 to 1738, listing white populations, forts at Port Royal Kingston Port Antonio, Carlisle Bay and others, plus numbers of guns, stores, and officers. It covers Antigua Nevis Montserrat and Bermuda defenses, a Providences fort, and the Bahamas chain of reefs aiding defense. Also included is a Cork Kilworth gang raid, shipping losses, and a privateer chase near Plymouth with prize crime and local court notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Jamaica
Jamme
Fare Charles
Port Royal
Kingston
Artilery
Spanish Town
Port Antonio
Fou
Barbadoes
His Majesty
Barba
Leeward Island
Antigua
St. Christopher, Nevis
Montserra
Barmuda
Anguila
Scanith Town
Portola
Virginia Islands
Moss Hill
St. John’s River
St. Christophers
Brimstune-flut
Ciunties
Londonderry
Baffaterre
Rais
Nevis
Mountferrat
Bahama Islands
Great Britain
Island of
Providence
Bahamas
Bermuda
Bermudas
King’s Fort
Thhese Islands
Europe
The
Indies