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Ericeira's golden age of prosperity during the 19th century, when the port was the busiest in Estremadura. During the Second World War, the region became a refuge for several foreign communities, including pockets of Poles, Germans, French, Belgians and Dutch expatriates fleeing Nazi persecution in their homelands.
Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, [1] and the predecessor of the modern town of ...
Port Royal (Jamaican Patois: Puat Rayal) is a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica.Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century. [1]
Port-Royal National Historic Site is a National Historic Site [1] [2] located on the north bank of the Annapolis Basin in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, Canada.The site is the location of the Habitation at Port-Royal, [3] which was the centre of activity for the New France colony of Port Royal in Acadia from 1605 to 1613, when it was destroyed by English forces from the Colony of Virginia.
Order of Port Royal, modern Old Catholic order inspired by Port-Royal-des-Champs; Port Royal, a brand of SABMiller beer; Port Royal Golf Course, in Southampton, Bermuda; Port Royal School, a historic building in South Carolina, U.S. HMS Port Royal, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy; USS Port Royal, the name of several ships of the U.S ...
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The siege of Port Royal (5–13 October 1710), [n 1] also known as the Conquest of Acadia, [4] was a military siege conducted by British regular and provincial forces under the command of Francis Nicholson against a French Acadian garrison and the Wabanaki Confederacy [5] under the command of Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, at the Acadian capital, Port Royal.
The Battle of Port Royal (19 May 1690) occurred at Port Royal, the capital of Acadia, during King William's War. A large force of New England provincial militia arrived before Port Royal. The Governor of Acadia Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Menneval had only 70 soldiers; the unfinished enceinte remained open and its 18 cannon had not been ...