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Port Royal was a town situated at the end of Palisadoes in Jamaica. Founded by the English, a garrison of the British Royal Navy maintained a presence at the bustling harbor town. Stretching back from the harbor, shops jostle for space with Port Royal's many taverns. During the 17th century, the city was a popular place for buccaneers, eventually becoming the major center of piracy in the Caribbean, though that situation would change in later years. Wealthy and civilized, Port Royal's air…

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Port Royal was a town situated at the end of Palisadoes in Jamaica. Founded by the English, a garrison of the British Royal Navy maintained a presence at the bustling harbor town. Stretching back from the harbor, shops jostle for space with Port Royal's many taverns. During the 17th century, the city was a popular place for buccaneers, eventually becoming the major center of piracy in the Caribbean, though that situation would change in later years. Wealthy and civilized, Port Royal's air…

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Seventeenth century life in Port Royal, Jamaica, commonly referred to as “the wickedest city on Earth'.

Pictures of the set of pirates of the Caribbean 1 filmed in Saint Vincent.

Pirates in Madagascar: Captain William Kidd at Isle St. Marie, Madagascar 1698. The headquarters of of the Western pirates in the Indian Ocean is reconstructed from contemporary descriptions at the time Kidd and his crew visited there. (http://www.gilkersonart.com/pirates-by-william-gilkerson/)

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Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."