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16th c. ← Establishments in Jamaica in the 17th century → 18th c. 1600s establishments in Jamaica — ...
This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones. Plantations produced crops, such as sugar cane and coffee, while livestock pens produced animals for labour on plantations and for consumption.
European colonies in the 18th-century Caribbean. In the mid-17th century, sugarcane was introduced to the British West Indies by the Dutch, [29] [30] [31] from Brazil. Upon landing in Jamaica and other islands, they quickly urged local growers to change their main crops from cotton and tobacco to sugarcane. With depressed prices of cotton and ...
Sugar cane cutters in Jamaica, 1880. In the mid-17th century, sugarcane had been brought into the English West Indies by the Dutch, [35] [36] [37] from Brazil. Upon landing in Jamaica and other islands, they quickly urged local growers to change their main crops from cotton and tobacco to sugar cane. With depressed prices of cotton and tobacco ...
The Invasion of Jamaica took place in May 1655, during the 1654 to 1660 Anglo-Spanish War, when an English expeditionary force captured Spanish Jamaica. It was part of an ambitious plan by Oliver Cromwell to acquire new colonies in the Americas, known as the Western Design .
17th-century establishments in Jamaica (1 C, 1 P) 0–9. 1650s in Jamaica (3 C) 1660s in Jamaica (3 C) P. 17th-century Jamaican people (1 C, 29 P) S. 17th century in ...
During the 17th century in the Lesser Antilles, many of the islands in the Lesser Antilles suffered ecological losses after the introduction of monoculture for sugar plantations. On the Caribbean island Nevis in particular, the island was nearly deforested during the mid-1600s and much of the topsoil quality deteriorated as a result of a large ...
17th century in Jamaica (6 C, 4 P) M. 17th century in Martinique (6 P) P. 17th century in Puerto Rico (7 C, 2 P) S. 17th century in the Spanish West Indies (15 C, 6 P) W.