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How the Real Pirates of the Caribbean Ran Wild in Jamaica’s Port Royal, the ‘Wickedest City on Earth’

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In the 17th century, Port Royal in Jamaica was a thriving port for the buccaneers who were sanctioned to plunder on behalf of the British empire. Then an earthquake did its worst.

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