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- A village and former city of southeast Jamaica on a promontory southwest of Kingston. Infamous as a haven for pirates in the 1600s when it was Jamaica's colonial capital, it declined in importance after a devastating earthquake in 1692.
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In their vessels they transported their stores and even parts of their buildings across the Bay of Fundy and laid the foundation of a settlement which they called Port Royal, afterward renamed by loyal Britons Annapolis, in honor of Queen Anne.
French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson
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He led a colony of Frenchmen, in 1562, to what is now South Carolina, built a small fort on a spot which he called Port Royal, and left it in charge of thirty men while he went back to France for more colonists.
A School History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892
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The French planted a colony in South Carolina, and gave the name Port Royal to the harbor and what is now called Broad River; but they were driven off by the
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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The origin of the name Port Royal, given to a harbor at first and since to an island, has already been noted.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various
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[Footnote 1: Later "The New England Freedmen's Aid Society."] [Footnote 2: The name Port Royal, in ante-bellum days used only of the island on which Beaufort is situated and of the entrance to the
Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson
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Watched a nifty piece this afternoon on Port Royal aka the Pirate City, which sunk back in the 1690s.
Saturday mail call and other stuff yendi 2005
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There was another monastery called Port Royal, at Paws, in addition to the one in question.
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On October 1 in each year, on the feast of St. Rémy, every one of these peripatetic citizens was expected to appear in his native town, there to join in a procession which marched from what is now known as the Port Royal to the Bailliage, bearing to the lieutenant-general of the king a traditional present in the form of a huge pasty, decorated with eggs and chestnuts, and surmounted by a pastry tower.
France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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There was another monastery called Port Royal, at Paws, in addition to the one in question.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 06 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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There was another monastery called Port Royal, at Paws, in addition to the one in question.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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