Jamaica Collection (page 8)

Beetle illustration
Table 237 of A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

A Natural History of Jamaica
Tab 274 from A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Butterfly illustration
Table 239 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Theobroma cacao
Cocoa plant brought back from Jamaica in 1689 by Hans Sloane. Illustration by Everhardus Kickius. Specimen kept in the Botany Library

Chaptalia nutans, silverpuff
Chaptalia nutans specimen in the Sloane Herbarium taken from Jamaica

Salamander illustration

Illustrated pages
From Sloanes Natural History of Jamaica published in 1725. Volume 2

A Map of the Island of Jamaica

Frontispiece of Sir Hans Sloanes voyage of Jamaica
Account of the natural history of Jamaica and its neighbouring islands by Sir Hans Sloane. Published London 1707

Map of Western Ocean
Map of the Western Ocean taken from Voyage to Jamaica (1707-25) by Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)

Theobroma cacao, chocolate
Collected by Sir Hans Sloane in Jamaica. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

WPA Federal Music Project will present 8 roof garden concerts at Jamaica YMCA Free to the public. Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of a series of concerts at the Jamaica YMCA

A prospect of Rio Bona harbour in the parish of St. Anns, a
A prospect of Rio Bona harbour in the parish of St. Ann s, and the tavern, wharf, and stores, in the parish of St. James s, the north side Jamaica

A view looking south of the town and harbour of Lucea, in the parish of Hanover the North side of Jamaica

A view of the town and harbour of Montego Bay, in the parish of St. James s, Jamaica, taken from the road leading to St. Anns

A view of Dry Harbour in the parish of St. Anns Jamaica, taken from the West end of the tavern, with the fort and barracks now in ruins

Foxhall: By King Alfonso, dam Jamaica, by Lexington. Date c1882

Toll - Gate, Jamaica, Long Island, New York Date: ca. 1847

Rafting on the Rio Grande, Port Antonio, Jamaica Date: circa 1910s

Jamaican villagers returning home from market on their donkeys Date: circa 1909

Philip Affleck Admiral
PHILIP AFFLECK Rear Admiral of the White, Commander in Chief in Jamaica and the Bahamas. Date: 1726 - 1799

Picking tobacco, Montpellier, Jamaica
Workers in a field, picking tobacco, in Montpellier, Jamaica

Workers harvesting banana crop, Jamaica
Workers harvesting the banana crop in Jamaica

Two workers picking cocoa pods, Jamaica
Two workers picking cocoa pods in Jamaica

Cutting sugar cane, Montego, Jamaica
Workers cutting sugar cane at Montego, Jamaica

Workers in a palm grove, Jamaica
A group of workers in a palm grove, Jamaica

Duchess of York in Jamaica
The Duchess of York inspects Girl Guides at the Kings House, Kingston, on the first day of her visit to Jamaica

The Royal Visit to Jamaica
The Queen holds her first investiture outside Britain: the Chief Justice of Jamaica, Sir Kenneth O Connor, Kneeling to receive the accolade on 27th November 1953

The Jamaica Exhibition
A view showing the exterior of the Jamaica Exhibition Palace in Kingston, Jamaica. The exhibition was opened by Prince George on 27th January 1891

Duke of York playing tennis
The Duke of York (later King George VI) enjoying his favourite game- tennis- in Jamaica

Coaling a Royal Mail steam packet at Kingston, Jamaica
Scene at the harbour in Kingston, Jamaica, showing lines a women carrying baskets of coal on their heads on board a Royal Mail steam packet ship

Iron and glass warehouse at Glasgow
The new iron and glass warehouse erected in Jamaica Street, Glasgow

Lear / Nonsense / Jamaica
There was an Old Man of Jamaica, who suddenly married a Quaker; But she cried out, Alack! I have married a black! which distressed that Old Man of Jamaica

Lyttelton / Sir Charles
SIR CHARLES LYTTELTON Governor of Jamaica

Jamaica / Kingston
Distant view of the harbour

Jamaica Morant
The town of Morant, in Morant Bay

Centaur Wrecked
This naval warship goes down in a violent storm off Jamaica, but Captain Inglefield and 11 crew members survive

Sugar Mill, Jamaica
Sugar cane is fed into grooved iron rollers that crush the cane, producing cane juice. The juice runs down the grooves into a cistern, from where it travels via a pipe to the boiling-house

Food and Drink / Sugar
Carting sugar in barrels for shipment, Jamaica, West Indies

JAMAICA / DEMO / 1865
Demonstration by natives outside the courthouse in Morant Bay

Map / West Indies 1683
Map of Cuba and Jamaica

Jamaica / Port Royal
A panoramic view across the harbour to the town of Port Royal, Jamaica

Mimosa, Pepper, Rhubarb
Mimosa cinerea, Jamaica pepper tree and turkey-rhubarb

Coaling at Jamaica
At Kingston, Jamaica (West Indies), long lines of women carry baskets of coal to enable the liner to continue on its way

Jamaica / the Limbo
Some limbo dancers in Jamaica

John Earl of Carbery
JOHN VAUGHAN, earl of CARBERY statesman, governor of Jamaica

Columbus Lands / Jamaica
Christopher Columbus lands on Jamaica during his second voyage to the New World

Jamaica Taken by Brits
Penn and Venables take Jamaica from the Spanish

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