1. THE FIST ENCOUNTER
Presented By: Brittany
Hanson, Arissa Green,
Samantha Johnson,
Tishawna Hutchinson &
Alexandria Grant

3.  A visit to the Seville Great House and Heritage Park on
Jamaicas North Coast will take you on a journey
through the centuries back to the very beginnings of
the islands history and culture. It was here that the
Tainos, Jamaicas first inhabitants, established their
largest town.
 It is said that the Arawak-speaking Amerindians had
discovered the island - Xaymaca - some 1500 years ago.

4.  Seville is the site of the town of Maima
which was established by Tainos.
 The first inhabitants of Jamaica. Here as
well as at other settlements across the
island.
 The Tainos fashioned their canoes, built
their houses, fished in the rivers and the
blue Caribbean Sea while leading their
peaceful lives.
 An exhibition of artifacts at Seville will
help you to understand how these first
Jamaicans lived
The First
Settlers

5.  On the evening of May 5, 1494, Christopher Columbus,
the Spanish Explorer, landed at Seville and became the
first European to tread upon Jamaican soil.
 He lived here for over a year after he was shipwrecked.
 In 1509 the Spaniards under Esquivel began building
Sevilla la Neuva in the middle of the village of Maima.
They subsequently abandoned it in 1534.

6.  It was at Seville that the cultures of three worlds –
(Amerindian, Africa and European) had their first
encounter and, through good times and bad, gave
birth to modern Jamaica.

7. The Arrival of
The British
In 1655 the British
came, capturing
the island from
the Spanish.
Building on the
remains of
Sevilla, they
established a
sugar plantation
they called—as
we still do
today—Seville.

8.  Seville Great house is symbolic of the English period.
After the capture of the island in 1655, New Seville was
abandoned by the Spaniards.
 The house originally consisted of two storeys. The top
storey was, however, blown off by hurricane, about
1898, and it was never replaced.
 There is veranda, enclosed by a set of square wooden
columns, along the entire northern end of the
building. It was designed to provide adequate
ventilation and sunlight, as well as privacy.

9.  There is a projected entrance portico, which forms the
landing for bifurcated cut stone steps.
 The Great House is positioned in a way to enable slave
masters to have a clear view of the entire plantation.

10. At Seville
there are
replicas of
African and
Taino houses,
as seen in the
picture, a
African home
Seville
Heritage
Park

11.  A visit to Seville Heritage Park on Jamaica's north coast
will take you on a journey through centuries, to the
very beginning of the island's history and culture.
 Seville is known for its beauty and historical
authenticity. There you will find evidence of Jamaica's
rich culture revealed in artefacts from our Taino,
Spanish, British, and African ancestry.
THE END
THANK YOU 