Bluefields (Jamaica)

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Bluefields
Bluefields (Jamaica)
Bluefields
Bluefields
Coordinates 18 ° 10 ′  N , 78 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 18 ° 10 ′  N , 78 ° 1 ′  W
Basic data
Country Jamaica
county Cornwall

Parish

Westmoreland
ISO 3166-2 JM-10
Residents 2826 (2010)
founding 1519

Bluefields is a country town in southwest Jamaica . The city is located in the district ( Parish ) Westmoreland in County Cornwall . In 2010 the population was 2826 people.

history

Bluefields is one of the three oldest settlements in Jamaica. Christopher Columbus went ashore here for the first time in 1494 during his second voyage of discovery. He named the stretch of coast Oristan . Under the same name, a settlement was built on this site by Spanish sailors in 1519. After Seville Nueva , it was the second Spanish settlement on the island. Bluefields had one of the most sheltered anchorages in Jamaica and lies at the foot of a mountain range. Therefore, the place and its approximately one kilometer long sandy beach have mainly been used by pirates since it was founded. In 1655 Oristan was conquered by British soldiers and was given its current name Bluefields. In 1670, the privateer Henry Morgan came to Bluefields and used the place as a gathering point for his fleet, with which he conquered Panama in 1671 . William Bligh , a British naval officer and governor of New South Wales , lived at Bluefields Great House from 1793 . There he also planted the island's first breadfruit trees . Bligh became known above all through the mutiny on the ship HMAV Bounty under his command and through the subsequent, approx. 3,600 nautical miles long journey in an open boat from East Polynesia to the island of Timor . In the 18th century, Bluefields was known as "The Richest Sugar Bowl in Jamaica" for its successful sugar production. On maps from this period, the place appears just as important as the capital Kingston. Today Bluefields Beach is a well-known tourist spot on the island under the name Bluefields Beach Park .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
  2. ↑ Jamaica Culture and Heritage (www.jamaicamix.com)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f History of Bluesfield (www.bluefieldsvillas.com)
  4. ↑ JAMAICA - History
  5. ↑ Bluefields at VisitJamaica.com