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Jamaica Old Colour Postcard White Horses - On the Road to St. Thomas in The EastVintage Colour Old Postcard. Greetings from Jamaica. British West Indies. B.W.I. White Horses, Coast Beach Rocks, Seaside Panorama. / White Horses, 15 miles from Kingston, on beautifully paved highways. On the road to St. Thomas in the East. Jamaica B.W.I.Publisher: C.T. Art-Colortone
Series No: 8A-H1527
Background: Jamaica was discovered by Christopher Columber in 1492. The name is derived from the word XAYMACA, given it by the original Indian tribe, the Arawaks, who were exterminated by the Spaniards, rulers of the island until 1655. The English, under General Venables and Admiral Penn father of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, took it from the Spanish by conquest and Jamaica later became an Independent Nation within the British Commonwealth in 1962.
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