Port Royal from Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, ca.1875-ca.1940 (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS11-009)

Port Royal from Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, ca.1875-ca.1940
Photograph of Port Royal from Kingston harbour. Port Royal was city located at the mouth of Kingston Harbour in southern Jamaica. It was founded in 1518, and was once home to privateers. A number of small red brick buildings can be seen and there are a number of wooden jetties in the foreground of the picture.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to Jamaica. In 1800 the Scottish Missionary Society sent three missionaries to Jamaica. Two died of yellow fever within weeks of arrival but the third became a pioneer missionary. In 1824 a second venture travelled to Jamaica by invitation of local planters to instruct their slaves. Scottish missionaries worked at Montego Bay in the 19th century and in 1836 the first presbytery of the Jamaican Church was constituted here.
Photographer: Unknown
Filename: imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS11-009.tif
Coverage date: circa 1875/1940
Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s
Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Archival file: impaunpub_Volume7/1784.url
Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
Geographic subject (country): Jamaica
Format (aacr2): 1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
Geographic subject (continent): North and Central America
Rights: Contact the repository for details.
Part of series: Jamaica LS11
Repository email: [email protected]
Subject (lcsh Keyword): Human settlements; Harbours
Date created: circa 1875/1940
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject (aat genre): exterior views
Format (aat): lantern slides
Legacy record ID: impa-m69337
Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources
File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS11/9