Natural Disaster · 1692

The Wickedest City on Earth Sank Into the Sea in 2 Minutes (1692)

At eleven forty-three one June morning in 1692, the ground beneath the richest port in the New World turned to liquid. In two minutes, two-thirds of the city slid into the sea. This is Port Royal, in Jamaica — the busiest harbour in the Caribbean, and the most lawless.

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