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Consequently, an attack on La Guaira on 2 March 1743 was beaten off by the defenders. Knowles withdrew his force and refitted at Curacao before attempting an assault on Puerto Cabello on 15 April, and again on 24 April, but both assaults were again beaten back. [3] Knowles called off the expedition and returned to Jamaica.
La Guaira ( Spanish: [la ˈɣwajɾa] ⓘ) is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of the same name (formerly named Vargas) and the country's main port. It was founded in 1577 as an outlet for Caracas, 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southeast. The town and the port were badly damaged during the December 1999 floods and mudslides that affected ...
The Battle of Puerto Cabello was a failed attack on a Spanish colonial port during the War of Jenkins' Ear on 16 April 1743. Background [ edit ] The British naval forces under commodore Sir Charles Knowles had failed against the Spaniards in the attack at La Guaira (2 March 1743).
Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-15., contains list of aerodromes in Jamaica "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12. "UN Location Codes: Jamaica". UN/LOCODE 2009-2. UNECE. 2010-02-08. - includes IATA codes; Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Jamaica, reference for airport codes
There are currently 304 postal codes in Jamaica, with one and two-digit sector codes only being used in Kingston, the country's capital. [1] A plan to introduce a postcode system, was first announced on June 6, 2005. [2] This was to assist the Postal Corporation of Jamaica 's international partners in the United States, United Kingdom and ...
The Cutting out of the Hermione, or Capture of Hermione, was a naval action that took place at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela on 25 October 1799. The formerly British frigate HMS Hermione, which had been handed over to the Spanish by its crew following a vicious mutiny, lay in the heavily guarded sea port of Puerto Cabello, now under the command of Don Ramón de Chalas.
Francisco de Miranda. Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 – 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda ( Latin American Spanish: [fɾanˈsisko ðe miˈɾanda] ), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution and the Spanish ...
The La Guaira to Caracas Railway was a narrow-gauge railway in Venezuela. From 1883 to 1951 it linked Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, to its port La Guaira. Caracas is only 7 mi (11 km) from the Caribbean. However, the city is at an altitude of 3,000 feet (910 metres), so the line extended to 23 mi (37 km) to mitigate the gradients.