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Port Royal Maps

Each map displayed links to an individual page with larger images and additional information. At the end is a link to historic maps of the parishes of Jamaica, and those maps link to additional high-resolution digital maps.

William Hack, Plan of Port Royal (part only), 1683

MAP 1:
Port Royal, 1683
Map (part only) by William Hack, a famous map maker of London's Mapping School

1688 Map by port royal visitor John Taylor

MAP 2:
Port Royal, 1688
Map by Port Royal visitor, John Taylor

1680s map, redrawn from the original in the mid 18th century

MAP 3:
Port Royal, ca. 1680s (mid 18th-century copy)
Map maker unknown

Port Royal map, from the 1680s

MAP 4:
Port Royal, ca. 1680s
Map maker unknown

Map of Port Royal, pre-1692

MAP 5:
Port Royal, pre-1692
Corrected scaled map using present distances

New Street Excavation map by Oliver Cox 1987

MAP 6:
New Street Excavation by A. Priddy, 1692 Level
From Jean and Oliver Cox (1987) The Historic City of Port Royal: First Stage of Implementation
Note the high density of structures on this single 50 ft. X 50 ft. lot.

Drawing of John Fletcher's land, New Street 1692 by Oliver Cox

MAP 7:
John Fletcher's Land, New Street 1692 (Based on Priddy's Excavation of 1971-72)
From Jean and Oliver Cox (1987) The Historic City of Port Royal: First Stage of Implementation

Parishes before 1655

PARISHES OF JAMAICA MAPS

Maps from the now-extinct Prestwidges of Jamaica website.