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The Cayman Islands (/ ˈ k eɪ m ən /) is a self-governing British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population.The 264-square-kilometre (102-square-mile) territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located south of Cuba and north-east of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
The East End Light (sometimes called Gorling Bluff Light) is a lighthouse located at the east end of Grand Cayman island in the Cayman Islands.The lighthouse is the centerpiece of East End Lighthouse Park, managed by the National Trust for the Cayman Islands; the first navigational aid on the site was the first lighthouse in the Cayman Islands.
It is a 15-minute drive from the capital of the Cayman Islands, George Town. [2] The former Premier of the Cayman Islands, Wayne Panton, is from Newlands and represents their electoral district. [3] Newlands is also the location of the International College of the Cayman Islands, and the Joint Marine Unit for the Royal Cayman Islands Police ...
A Spanish galleon (left) firing its cannons at a Dutch warship (right). Cornelis Verbeeck, c. 1618–1620 A Spanish galleon Carracks, galleon (center/right), square rigged caravel (below), galley and fusta (galliot) depicted by D. João de Castro on the "Suez Expedition" (part of the Portuguese Armada of 72 ships sent against the Ottoman fleet anchor in Suez, Egypt, in response to its entry in ...
The Cayman Islands are a British dependency and island country. It is a three-island archipelago in the Caribbean Sea , consisting of Grand Cayman , Cayman Brac , and Little Cayman . Georgetown, the capital of the Cayman Islands is 438 km (272 mi) south of Havana , Cuba , [ 1 ] and 504 km (313 mi) northwest of Kingston, Jamaica , [ 2 ...
English: "Reception of the Manila Galleon by the Chamorro in the Ladrones Islands, ca. 1590" English Translated Caption from the book "The Boxer Codex: Transcription and Translation of an Illustrated Late Sixteenth-Century Spanish Manuscript Concerning the Geography, History and Ethnography of the Pacific, South-east and East Asia" by George Bryan Souza and Jeffrey Scott Turley, with comments ...
Government House is the official residence of the governor of the Cayman Islands, located in Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman.It is also the official residence of the head of state of the Cayman Islands (currently King Charles III) when staying in the Cayman Islands.
View of El Arco Bay where Cavendish awaited the Manila Galleon. Early on 4 November 1587 one of Cavendish's lookouts spotted the 600 ton galleon manned with over 200 men off Cabo San Lucas. After a several hour chase the English ships overhauled the Santa Ana, which conveniently had no cannons on board to allow more cargo.