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Jamaican Treasures has over 300 villas in Jamaica, Jamaican Treasures consultants and concierge will create a personalized Jamaica villa vacation for you. We are the only villa agency for Jamaica to actually have an office on the island of Jamaica, on site concierge...personalized service.

Whether you are celebrating a special Jamaican family reunion, memorable wedding events, corporate retreats or a simple getaway for your family and friends, we will create a the most memorable of Jamaican villas vacations for you to enjoy.

Personal inspection of our villas, hand selecting each one, our dedication to provide the professional service you demand. Call us and we will make renting your Jamaica villa easy for you! 

This blog will show you the properties we have for you to enjoy, we will also feature items of interest from Jamaica as well as giving the reader a view of Jamaican life, food, music and culture.

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Lisa
Jamaican Treasures

A Brief History of Jamaica



"Normally the tide doesn't come in this far?"

I was trawling the Internet, as one does, for historical content, the history of Jamaica and how the present day nation came into being. Boy! was there some historical content posted out there. No matter, amongst all the long winded waffle and the highbrow intelectual scribblings I found a great site called "Jamaicans.com" and they have a fantastic "brief history of Jamaica" that gives the reader a quick and informed historical lesson on the island nation of jamaica. So, here it is.

I. Pre-Colombian Jamaica

Prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494, Jamaica was inhabited by Arawaks, living in simple communities based on fishing, hunting, and small scale cultivation of cassava. The impact of the contact with the Spanish was traumatic, and these communities disappeared in 70-80 years. Plunder, disruption of economic activities, new diseases, and migration decimated the indigenous population. Only a few artifacts-facts, examples of which are on display at the small museum at White Marl, and a few Spanish corruptions of place names (such as Ocho Rios) remain from this period. Otherwise, there is no Arawak influence on the subsequent development of life on the island.

II. The Spanish Occupation, 1494-1655

Disappointed by the absence of gold on the island, the Spanish used Jamaica as a base for supporting the conquest of the Americas, particularly Mexico with its treasures of gold and silver. The population of the Spanish settlement, including their slaves, was never large. It was administered from the Town of Santiago de la Vega, now called Spanish Town, and much of the architecture of the original buildings is still evident today in the town square. Economic activity consisted primarily of production for domestic consumption, and to a lesser extent the supply of Spanish ships.

In 1655, it was captured by the British expedition led by Admirals Penn and Venables, following their unsuccessful invasion of Hispaniola. By this time, the island was of little significance to the Spanish crown, and accordingly, very little was done to defend it against the British.

As with the previous period, the influence of the Spanish settlement on the subsequent social, economic and political life of the island was marginal. Apart from remnants of buildings with the distinctSpanish colonial architectural styles, and names of places, there is very little visible evidence of the Spanish occupation.

To see the rest of this brief history of Jamaica please follow this link to Jamaicans.com http://www.jamaicans.com/info/brief.htm