Sin City Jamaica - Pirate Paradise . . : : Documentary : : . .

SIN CITY ... The Port Royal Project ...
Once known as the 'Wickedest City on Earth,' Port Royal on the island of Jamaica was one of the largest towns in the English colonies during the late 17th century. It was a haven for privateers and pirates, such as the famed Sir Henry Morgan, due to its excellent geographic location in the middle of the Caribbean. From Port Royal, these buccaneers preyed upon and plundered the heavily laden treasure fleets departing from the Spanish Main.
After 1670, the importance of Port Royal and Jamaica to England was increasingly due to trade in slaves, sugar, and raw materials. It soon became the mercantile center of the Caribbean area, with vast amounts of goods flowing in and out of the port through an expansive trade network.
Unfortunately, the glory of Port Royal was short-lived. On the morning of June 7th, 1692, a massive earthquake hit Jamaica. The tremors rocked the sandy peninsula on which the town was built, causing buildings to slide and disappear beneath the sea. An estimated 2000 Port Royalists were killed immediately in the disaster. Many more perished from injuries and disease in the following days.
From 1981 to 1990, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, in cooperation with the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University and the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, began underwater archaeological investigations of the submerged portion of Port Royal. The following pages highlight what we have found so far. The last excavation season was in 1990 and no further excavations are planned.
The last TAMU/INA excavation at Port Royal was conducted in 1990, at present there are no plans to undertake any further excavations.
Original Text here...
nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/

[@garrywilliams3548]

Love this mans idea of treasure, spot on it doesnt have to be gold or silver.

[@Krma-3]

ahhh those sunsets I miss Jamaica sooo much

[@margaretsullivan1717]

Go back then

[@fairysox221]

The whole harbor was full of sewage, But the divers worked Under-turrd ! ...

[@williamlarson3623]

Interesting story, and a trip back into history as well. So what's not to like? The 'treasure' they hauled out of the bay not bad, either. Thanks for the upload.

[@guylawrance2216]

I remember when my 'iron balls' were filled with gunpowder ! 😥😥😥

[@billyshane3804]

I travelled to Jamaica and met a very interesting and highly religious man known as the POOFTER BASHER.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

That man needs his own documentary.

[@adamlangdon2245]

When dude said, "I brought Simon Benning back to life", I was jealous I didn't go to school more. Hella fuckin cool shit😂🤔😘

[@antonioweedhead]

Just learned a lot about my country..

[@annodomini7887]

I want to see ARTIFACTS!!!!!!!!

[@yossariancomplex]

Matey at 7:50 is a great man.

[@alechamid235]

Very interesting!

[@nozecone]

"It's hard to underestimate the importance of ... " No! It's hard to OVERestimate the importance of ....

[@SalviPlay]

Uncharted 4 brings me here

[@R2D6_10]

I'm on the ship graveyard right now!

[@mr.garrison6947]

SalviPlays i lived here huhahaha

[@gyrofoam1]

Great stuff, thanx for the upload. The English built beautiful houses and structures which characterize the island. Also, 'tis easy to hear English speech/vocab/accent of the 17th century in today's Jamaican speech. In addition, words such as 'natty', 'dread' etc - along with Dutch versions of English words (which originally came from the German/Dutch!) like 'dis', 'dat'.

[@taffyducks544]

gyrofoam1 British, not English. for example...Buckingham Palace was designed By a London Welshman, so was Crystal Palace and alot of other historical "English" buildings.

[@RickAllenNP]

One of the most prominent features on Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck is the North anchor. Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project North Anchor Nautilus Productions HD Footage

[@wiskasIO]

I would die of alcohol poisoning but who else would love to drink alongside the Pirates?

[@Exposing_Mark_Niemczyk]

12:33 LOL"Morgan died a bitter, broken alcoholic in 1788." This is the same jolly swell on the bottle of Captain Morgan rum!

[@kathlenehance4072]

+jvaa cvaa lmao mind...BLOWN!!!

[@bifferspice]

did well though, apparently. those dates mean he lived for over 150 years.

[@mielerodriguez5678]

1688. Why was he bitter?

[@streakhey9035]

jvaa cvaa 1688

[@redcloudshaman2509]

That's because he'd drunk so much high strength alcohol that his body was well preserved and took a bit more time to decompose !!! hahaha

[@britishmemeambassadorsu.k3961]

Wild west indies

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

Spanish main🧨✨🎡✨🎪🎎🎏🎆🎇✨💥✨🐱‍🐉💦💨🐱‍🚀

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

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[@WarDaddy66]

the Ranger belonged to Charles Vane

[@alexhayden2303]

Let's hope that the sewage problem gets fixed!

[@majorblazer9055]

I read this dude channel name as Epic History. I need to lay off the weed.

[@rasheedburnett6059]

woooohooo yeah thats my country lol evrything here is truth

[@horacecunningham7832]

ummm they are showing port royal in st catherine, it was in kingston... that tiny strip of land jutting into the sea to the right of the position they placed port royal at is where port royal really is.. look at 3:00

[@starrelative8165]

In the 1900s it was Vegas in the 1600s it was Port Royal, Jamaica

[@25leafninja]

10:27 The booty piled up quickly haha I'm sure it did.

[@justinsane7128]

So buccaneers were the first gig workers?😅

[@hellspite]

00:40+ he says more history down there than 50-100 ship wrecks! He has never gone wreck diving in the English Channel then. Not a bad show all the same.

[@sherrykunkle1776]

Her - a - cans ha its Hurricanes - canes as in candy canes

[@Hoverbot1TV]

Port Royal the largest ill gotten goods fence in the new world, LOL!

[@justinsane7128]

Why were the bounties on pirates 2 bucks? Buck an ear

[@annodomini7887]

We want to see ARTIFACTS!!!!!

[@deshaneanderson9737]

3:01 not port royal original location that's St. Catherine.... Port Royal would be right where you see the little thin slip of land slightly to the right.... lolz

[@adamfrazer5150]

Good to hear from someone who knows ! 👍

[@Mykestreet]

you mean those spanish coins

[@stephenking1433]

By the time Morgan reached London i think you'll find that the British empire were back at war with the Spanish - hence why he was knighted

[@sunnylandcamper]

7:33 he has no idea how a still works...smh

[@poncholefty471]

I was about to say the same thing.....

[@kirkhendricks7816]

I'm sorry but that is not India and calling them indian artifacts is an insult to the people who come from the island of Jamaica.

[@renuvatio]

" indian" artifacts refer to the arooack people as first nations people were referred to in north America until "politically correct" became in vogue.

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

renuvatio you notice how rightist harp on pc no one even notices it

[@m7f7m7]

Do you mean those island dwellers that came from Africa?

[@mediocre5645]

Kirk Hendricks so what are they curious to no

[@jacquelinelanier2861]

Jamaican here and I was thinking the same thing. 🤦🏽

[@pup1008]

Brits were made of sterner stuff back in the day. I watching a doc where we had launched an attack on the main Spanish island in the Caribbean Hispaniola in which we suffered huge casualties for no gain. The crew, who were then half starved, badly beaten up & miles from home decided to......... Attack Jamaica!!!!!!

[@pup1008]

allfiner​ I hear what you are saying. He had also be lulled into a false sense of pending victory in initial easy victories in Operation Barbarossa & split what was one army up into two to attack both Stalingrad & the oil fields to the South. All that said, at one stage Stalingrad hung on such a knife edge that Stalin himself walked up & down a railway platform pondering whether or not to evacuate. It is said that off he did the blow to both civilian & military personnel morale would have been such that the city would have fallen.

[@allfiner]

Deep Heat That's true for other situations too. Who knows what would have happened if the atomic bombs didn't exist or if Mexico had done what Hitler and Japan wanted them to do and launched an attack on the US. It's playing Monday morning quarterback. I just find it ironic that Hitler v Russia is almost a carbon copy of Napoleon v Russia. Same mistakes, same weather related issues, same decimated military, same poor understanding of the people, the land and length of time it would take to conquer Russia. Russian morale was low and they did have extremely heavy losses, but I find it hard to believe they would have surrendered. They're a hard people used to really bad situations.

[@pup1008]

allfiner Yeah the Napoleonic invasion was a strange one as my unwarranted is that he took the city but couldn't survive there as the Russians had stripped the place bare. I don't think the czar ever surrendered the city either so it was a strange stars of affairs. It ended up a terrible disaster for the French though as many died of starvation on the way back.

[@johngoosen1962]

Being hungry makes you angry...those sailors whete hungry....and promised a booty of shiny stuff.

[@rasterman2792]

20:23 🛑+🧢

[@smokinone951]

wow this was really boring to watch, but thanks for the upload i guess

[@carsonforrester3061]

smokinone951 this was an awesome film

[@taffyducks544]

English one sentence, Britain the next. They only interchangeable when using Britain = England, Wales and Scotland. if you mean England then Just say England throughout the entire documentary, And people wonder why Americans think every body in Britain speaks like they are of Downton Abbey.

[@orangepekoe5243]

I know I’m a little late to reply but I think they might be switching back and forth because of the historical context, around this century the acts of Union were taking place so I don’t see the problem of switching back and forth between England and Britain.

[@adamcunningham6847]

around 32:50.....Sponge Bob?

[@HunterCrim4767]

Most of the 2000 pieces of 8 were stolen?!?

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

Many of it still lies in the bottom of the ocean and some has been brought in Europe for Spain or other European countries.✨🐱‍🐉

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

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[@RoxieRoulette]

Sorry...how did the narrator just pronounce Glasgow? o_O

[@paulbarker8320]

I believe Jesus struck them down,but not my while

[@MrTiredmatt]

what? did they find the one jamaican that gives a shit about his own country?

[@dasUberputer]

at about 8 minutes in they show a piece of an old liquor still - he said that it was heated from underneath as he held it UPSIDE DOWN! That part went on top of a boiling pot. He should check out a couple of episodes of "Moonshiners." You can easily see exactly what I mean.

[@spin-cthrowshands5553]

Different part of the world & 400 years difference... so it could have been done differently. Methods can and do simplify or progress over time. Or he could just be wrong too lol.

[@howtosober]

What's ironic about the myopia and arrogance of the British aristocracy is that if only they had bothered making working conditions better for sailors, most of them would never have turned to piracy at all.

[@rickacevedo7050]

Well as always a white guy Mark calling Arawaks "Indians". They insist in writing wrong history. They were not "Indians" they were natives of South America. Indians are from INDIA!!

[@leemblake]

Well I wouldn’t want to be up there with Attila the hun his sons had a civil war for good measure

[@joeleblanc4543]

We must warn the refugees..lol

[@mikewilkinson4588]

Drug tourism dollars.......a modern booty...

[@jamiehogg808]

39:00 Glasgow Scotland. Americans can never say the names of Scottish cities right.

[@chaseevis4739]

jamie hogg I have never heard a Jamaican say 'Cletus' but I have a picture in my head of what it sounds like. It's like music to my ears.

[@TheBardicDruid]

+jamie hogg And the Scots can never pronounce the names of American cities like Americans, are you really that stupid??

[@alaskaseadog4871]

jamie hogg No one gives two shits. Get over yourself moron!

[@tarnishedknight730]

Jamie Hogg, According to the majority of Scots, Glasweegains can not pronounce "Glasgow" correctly, either.

[@rickacevedo7050]

All of a sudden there a bunch of historians in here 😅 Calling even Arawaks "indians" 😂 and rum that came from a pirate 😅

[@gbjwal1]

Whitewashed , glamorised, history.

[@originalredneckgirl]

+John Williams Why didnt they talk about before all this when the English and Spanish came there and killed and enslaved the natives feeding them to their dogs.. cutting them in half .. yeah

[@allmightlionthunder5515]

They didn't want to be racist lol

[@stevemartin4696]

I dont think i will make it to 10 minutes this is soooo dull. Aimed at simpletons i suspect.

[@timhogle4880]

Unlike giant minds such as yourself

[@MrRaja]

Boring sTory

[@nyreedix1765]

So boring

[@rasheedburnett6059]

woooohooo yeah thats my country lol evrything here is truth