A narrow peninsula called the Palisados protects this Jamaican port from the Caribbean Sea
The Spaniards had such difficulty in sailing into Port of Spain 
that they called... [DOC] [TLE] Forts Of The Americas | American History Lives at American Heritage [PAR] The northern bastion is Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, once called the 
Gibraltar of ... From settlements in Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Cuba, Mexico, 
Jamaica, ... as treasure depositories, safe ports of call, trading centers, and naval 
bases.