The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal . Vega of theSpanish, founded in 1523—ceased to be the capital ofJamaica, during the governorship of Sir John Peter Grantin 1870, Rodneys statue was removed to Kingston, but suchwas the outcry of the inhabitants of the former city, thatit had to be replaced. In the Gallery in the Institute ofJamaica is the painting by R. E. Pine, exhibited at theRoyal Academy in 1784, and described as Portrait of LordRodney in action aboard the Formidable, attended by hisprincipal officer
The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal . Vega of theSpanish, founded in 1523—ceased to be the capital ofJamaica, during the governorship of Sir John Peter Grantin 1870, Rodneys statue was removed to Kingston, but suchwas the outcry of the inhabitants of the former city, thatit had to be replaced. In the Gallery in the Institute ofJamaica is the painting by R. E. Pine, exhibited at theRoyal Academy in 1784, and described as Portrait of LordRodney in action aboard the Formidable, attended by hisprincipal officers ; the time chosen for reproduction beingevidently that when the Ville de Paris struck her flag to theBarfleur. Near the Central Square is the Cathedral, dedicated toSt. Catherine, and constructed of red bricks, which form apleasing contrast to the surrounding foliage. An inscrip-tion over the door records that the church was throwndowne by ye Dreadfull Hurricane of August ye 28 Anno * An account of the Battle of the Saints, as the engagementwas called, is given in West Indian Tales of Old. London :Duckworth and THE RODNEY MEMORIAL, SPANISH TOWN, JAMAICA The guns flanking the statue were taken from the Ville de Paris
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