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The spelling of “Jamaica” was not standardized until well after the English conquest. Englishmen wrote the word as it sounded: thus we have Gemecoe, Gemegoe, Jamico, Jammaca and Mamecah. It was often spelled Xaymaca. The first map on which Jamaica appears was made by Bartolome Colombo, Christopher's younger brother, to illustrate the Admiral's fourth voyage. He spelled it Jamaicha.

 Y. S. Falls, South Coast
 Eco Marine Tour -Bluefields Bay, South Coast
 Community, Nature and Woodlands Walk, South Coast
 Invercauld Great House & Hotel, South Coast
 Shafston Great House, South Coast
 Jake's, South Coast
 International Chinese South Coast
 Spur Tree, South Coast
 Alligator Pond, South Coast
 Canoe Valley, South Coast
 Jewels & Time, South Coast
 Calabash International Literary Festival 2008
May 25 2008
 Little Ochi Seafood Carnival
Jul 13 2008 10am
 Black River Heritage
A bustling shipping port in the 19th century, Black River was, at that time, one of Jamaica’s grandest and most modern towns. It was the first to receive electricity and to ...

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