Jamaica (i/dʒəˈmeɪkə/) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. The island, 10,990 square kilometres (4,240sqmi) in area, lies about 145 kilometres (90mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119mi) west of Hispaniola, the island containing the nation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Jamaica is the fifth-largest island country in the Caribbean.
Previously inhabited by the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Named Santiago, it remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered the island and renamed it Jamaica. Under British rule, Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with its plantation economy highly dependent on slaves imported from Africa, followed later by Chinese and Indian indentured labour. All slaves were fully emancipated in 1838, with independence from the United Kingdom achieved on 6 August 1962.
A group of 6 Australian friends - white, middle-aged males - combine to compete in a marathon relay swim in treacherous waters off Jamaica. But even before the race begins fractures appear in the relationships, with drug-taking, hidden secrets and personal crises coming to dominate.
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Dedication: The Jamaica portrayed in these pages, and all those who exist there, are works of fiction. This book is dedicated to the facts who got out of the way of a good story.
Reviews
Patrick Ness in The Guardian found that "Alongside Tim Winton's Breath, this is the second excellent novel in as many months to examine masculinity and male friendship in Australian sport, a subject that might seem of limited intrinsic interest. But it's not the song, it's how it's sung, and if Winton is an aria, Knox is early Rolling Stone.."
you are the world to me you are my joy you are the world to me you are the love of my life everything and everynight in the valley close my eyes it's true sweet love
The gingerbread has been made and sold here to a “secret recipe” since 1854 – the rum for its butter and the ginger itself were shipped into Whitehaven port from Jamaica by Wordsworth’s patrons, the ...
However, they are less than two points ahead of Barbados Pride, who have moved into second on 87.8 points after a clinical nine-wicket victory over previous leaders Leeward IslandsHurricanes in Port of Spain.
I received a message from Capt. TroyBeasley of Capt. Doc's Fishing Charters over in PortBolivar. He went on to introduce himself, writing that he was the assistant chief of the Jamaica Beach Fire Department back in the early ....
They wait for a bus that will take them to a boat that will then take them to Jamaica...Things were starting to look so positive that Susie began making travel arrangements to meet all of them in Jamaica’s northeastern coast in PortAntonio.
"So, we will be talking around that in this year and beyond to see how we can take it to Mandeville, Montego Bay, PortAntonio and other places across Jamaica," he continued.
But when he arrived in Jamaica, he started to wonder ... “You are Jamaican now, you are part of us.” I met Grange last April, on a hot day in PortMaria in St Mary parish on the northern coast of Jamaica.
As gang violence continues in Haiti, Royal Caribbean has extended the suspension of its port calls to a private day resort it operates in the island nation’s northern tip ... Here are the affected sailing dates and alternative port calls..
KEYWEST, Florida... They then built seagoing vessels from salvaged pieces of the wrecked HMSTyger and traveled 700 miles (1,125 kilometers) through enemy waters to British-controlled PortRoyal, Jamaica ... .
and landed at the Ken Wright shipping pier in PortAntonio. They were escorted into port by a JamaicaDefence Force coastguard vessel and the marine police, where they were fed and provided with drinking water.