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Jamaica Old Postcard Irrigation Canal On The Road to Bog Walk Bridge Bridges BWIVintage Old Colour Postcard. Greetings from Jamaica. British West Indies. B.W.I. Bog Walk, Bridge Bridges, Canal River Scene, palm Trees. / Irrigation Canal. On the road to Bog Walk. This Canal is used to convey the waters of the Rio Cobre to various plantations for the cultivation of Coconuts Cocoanuts, Bananas, and Sugar Cane. Agriculture. Photo by Duncan Keith Corinaldi, Kingston.Publisher: C.T. Art-Colortone Series No: 8A-H1538 Background: Jamaica was discovered by Christopher Columbus 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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