Jamaica is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea, located just south of Cuba. It consists of the main island of Jamaica and two groups of small rocky archipelagos, the Pedro Cays and morant Cays. With a total area of 10,991 square kilometers and a population of nearly 3 million, it is equivalent to a prefecture-level city in China.
The following is what I wrote after eating an apple, the writing is a bit messy, everyone can take a look at it~
Historically, Jamaica, like many of the surrounding islands, was home to the Arawak Indians. In 1494 (the seventh year of Akihiro's reign), Columbus arrived on the island of Jamaica, and after more than a decade, Spain declared it a colony, but used the name Santiago. The Spaniards, who occupied the magpie's nest, then eliminated the original Indians by means of war, plague, forced labor, etc. In order to supplement the labor force, Spain began to trade slaves from Africa to Jamaica in 1517 (the twelfth year of Ming Zhengde), which led to the demographic structure of Jamaica now with black and mestizo as the main ethnic group.
Jamaica's geographical proximity to the heart of the West Indies is a waste of time not to be used to loot homes. Yes, that's right, that's what the pirates from Europe thought. Since the late 16th century, Jamaica has been repeatedly attacked by pirates from France, Britain, the Netherlands and other countries. In the end, of course, it was the British, who had no limit to overseas colonial plundering, who had the upper hand. In 1655 (the twelfth year of The Reign of Qing Shunzhi), the British fleet occupied Jamaica from the Spaniards. In the following years, the British cooperated with the pirates and defeated the Spaniards' counterattacks many times. In 1670 (the ninth year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty), Spain officially ceded Jamaica to the British, and the British simply used this as a base for pirate plunder, and used black slaves to run sugar cane and coffee plantations. After the end of the slave trade, the British turned Jamaica into a direct colony in 1866 (the fifth year of the Qing Dynasty) until Jamaica became independent in 1962.
Talking about Jamaica, people who have listened to Guo Degang's cross-talk "Journey to the East" will think of that famous baggage, Yu Qian's brother, Jamaican overseas Chinese Yu Xuan applied to immigrate back to the motherland, the Jamaican parliament discussed for 3 days, studying the problem of high-skilled talent loss, and finally someone asked: "What skills does he have?" The audience was silent! Unanimous decision: let him go! Of course, this cross-talk also has a name, called "Ya Ba Xia is a British Colony", it seems that the person who made up this cross-talk still knows a little about Jamaican history. But crosstalk is fictional after all, and in real Jamaica, there are three key words, "Bolt", "Blue Mountain Coffee" and "reggae".
First of all, Bolt, as one of the world's most famous track and field athletes, Bolt has repeatedly refreshed the human sprint record, and it is with the big sport of athletics that Jamaica has become one of the world's sports powers. In the history of the Olympics, Jamaica has won more gold medals and the total number of medals than India, which has a population of 400 times that of him. Why did it come to this? On the one hand, Jamaican sports specialize in some projects, rather than full blooming, focusing on cultivating talents from the areas of expertise and concentrating on breakthroughs. On the other hand, it is not unrelated to jamaica's local diet based on potatoes, seafood, etc., providing sufficient energy while not making people fat.
Then there's Blue Mountain Coffee, the Blue Mountains, located in the eastern part of Jamaica Island, are named after the brilliant blue glow of the sea reflected from the peaks of the mountain when the sun hits the sea. The high altitude, combined with the fertile volcanic soil and humid climate, has created the world's coffee category with its own unique status. In Asia, similar latitudes, altitudes, soils, climates, are another source of agricultural products, located on the borders of Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, what is produced, you know. However, the coffee produced in Yunnan is trying to find ways to promote that they are "China's own Blue Mountain Coffee", and how different it is from the original Jamaican coffee is.
As for Reggae, it is a Form of Jamaican music inscribed on the World's Noncultural Historical Heritage, somewhat close to some kind of rock 'n' roll. With tropical exuberance, afternoon laziness, mesmerizing rhythms and rum afterglow. Of course, words alone cannot be accurately described. Almost 20 years ago, I once listened to a domestic reggae singer cover of "Rock on the New Long March Road", that feeling, can not talk about whether to like or not, can only say that personally can not accept, where is the Long March Road, obviously is the Canadian way to smoke marijuana. 10 years ago, I also listened to similar music in Lijiang, and the singing method with a bit of folk charm was able to hear a little bit of the taste.
Centuries of colonial history and piracy have left a deep imprint on Jamaica. Now Jamaica is known as "heaven and hell", perhaps, this is the most appropriate description of it ~ ~ ~
Map of Administrative Traffic in Jamaica
Map of Jamaica by Province
Topographic map of Jamaica
Jamaica sketch
Jamaica occupies a central location in the Caribbean-West Indies
An old map of Jamaica
Jamaica was part of many British colonies in the West Indies