A trip to Hanover museum, an ex prison stockade from pirate and slavery days, will confirm this and many other interesting facts which goes a long way in explaining the rich diversity of culture that has bought about modern Jamaica.


With the deepest bay in Jamaica, Lucea became famous in naval history as the British and Spanish battled for the strategic Fort Charlotte. At the mouth of the natural harbour, the fort still has its gun pointing out to sea in case of any other invaders! In the 1900's, sugar became the major export from here, with cane trucks arriving from all over Hanover.