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History of Jamaica

Pre Columbus – Inhabited by the Tainos from 1000 b.c.e. to 1494. Tainos came to the Island from South America. They were a peaceful group of people who named it Xamayca which means land of wood and water. 1494 May 4 – Christopher Colombus arrived in Jamaica and landed at Discovery Bay on his second voyage to […]

Rodney Memorial Statue in Spanish Town