British Jamaica (1875-1906)
British Jamaica (1906-1957)
In 1670, under the Treaty of Madrid, Spain formally ceded Jamaica and other places to the British, and the British immediately used the island as a base for their piracy, and before the earthquake destroyed Port Royal in 1692, it became the "capital" of Caribbean pirates. After that, the British built the city of Kingston, which gradually established it as the central city of Jamaica.
Jamaica (1962–present)
The coat of arms of Jamaica was designed by William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1661. A white ground with a red cross in the center and five pineapples painted on it. There was a helmet on it, and a crocodile on the garland. On either side of the shield are guarded by a man and a woman of the Arawaks. The national motto is written on the ribbon: "Excellence, a nation".