... presence entirely, and it would be five more years before the Spaniards would return In November 1509, Juan de Esquivel's seventy man party established the settlement of Seville la Nueva near present day St. Ann's Bay. The Spanish settlers soon found that Jamaica had little gold or ... for more important colonies, and in addition, he established several sugar plantations, vineyards and cotton fields. Despite these efforts by Juan de Esquivel, Jamaica would never figure prominently in Spanish colonial efforts because it possessed no precious metals. The island remained underdeveloped, poo...

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