[DOC] [TLE] 1692 Jamaica earthquake - Wikipedia [PAR] The 1692 Jamaica earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica on June 7. A stopped 
pocket watch found in the harbour in 1969 indicated that it occurred around 11:43 
a.m. Port Royal was then the unofficial capital of Jamaica, and one of the busiest 
and wealthiest ports ... Jamaica was formed by uplift associated with a restraining 
bend along this... [DOC] [TLE] Port Royal - Wikipedia [PAR] Port Royal is a village located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of the 
Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1518, it was once the 
largest city in the Caribbean, functioning ... It was destroyed by an earthquake in 
1692, which had an accompanying tsunami. Severe hurricanes have regularly... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about WORLD CAPITAL CITIES - StudyStack [PAR] NOW JAMAICA'S CAPITAL, IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1693 TO REPLACE PORT 
ROYAL, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE, KINGSTON. [DOC] [TLE] Historical Background of Jamaica - Jamaican Family Search [PAR] 1664 At this time there were 7 established parishes: "the town and parish of ... 
and two unnamed areas in the areas that are now Hanover and Manchester. ... 
An earthquake destroyed Port Royal which had become the headquarters of 
buccaneers. .... 1872 Kingston became the permanent capital, replacing Spanish 
Town. [DOC] [TLE] The Capital City Kingston - Jamaica Gleaner [PAR] May 7, 2002 ... IT CAN be said that the city of Kingston was founded first out of disaster and then 
out of trickery. In 1692 when a massive earthquake destroyed Port Royal, long 
the ... When Beeston returned to Jamaica as Lt. Governor in 1693 (a post he .... 
town of Kingston is now a part of the capital city's commercial area. [DOC] [TLE] Kingston, Jamaica - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica, is located on ... 
Founded in 1693, under English rule, Kingston became the prosperous ... of 
Jamaica being the most populated, especially around what is now known as Old 
Harbour. ... an earthquake and tidal wave destroyed two-thirds of Port Royal, 
located at... [DOC] [TLE] Story of cities #9: Kingston, Jamaica  a city born of 'wickedness ... [PAR] Mar 24, 2016 ... A depiction of the earthquake that destroyed much of Port Royal in 1692, by Jan 
... the conflicted heart of Jamaica's modern capital, was born of disaster. ... to 
wharfs along the waterfront, and plots were for sale by 1693. ... Colin Clarke, a 
leading expert on Kingston's urban development and social change,... [DOC] [TLE] History of Jamaica - A Timeline - Jamaica Dream Vacation [PAR] Here's a timeline of the history of Jamaica from circa 1000 BC - present. ... this 
time Spanish Town was being rebuilt, Port Royal functioned as the capital. ... Port 
Royal destroyed by violent earthquake. ... Piracy was now dead in the West 
Indies. ... 1693. After this disaster, Kingston was founded across the harbour, one 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] English Responses to the 1692 Earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica [PAR] killed approximately two thousand people and destroyed half of the bustling 
harbor town of Port ... The English colonial town of Port Royal, Jamaica, also 
referred to by ... environment they now inhabited. ... Earthquake, History Today 
50 (September 2000): 32. ... 7th, 1692 (London: 1693), 5-6; Pawson and 
Buisseret, 121. [DOC] [TLE] Popular Science Monthly/Volume 40/April 1892/The Great ... [PAR] Sep 7, 2016 ... The former city of Port Royal stood where the present town now ... attacked and 
plundered St. Jago de la Vega, the capital of Jamaica, the ... in 1656, and in 1657 
this was replaced by a round tower of stone. ..... he was swallowed up in the great 
earthquake in the year 1693; and, ... Read  Edit  View history... [DOC] [TLE] Prepositions after "royal": royal in, of, for, at or on? [PAR] Laid out as a city in 1693 the year after the destruction

Question: Now Jamaica's capital, it was founded in 1693 to replace Port Royal, which was destroyed by an earthquake
Answer: Kingston