Defeated by the Spanish, and fearing to report their failure to Cromwell, Venables and Penn decided to head southwest to the poorly defended island of Jamaica. In 1654, an English expedition under Robert Venables and William Penn (the father of the William Penn who founded Pennsylvania) was sent by Oliver Cromwell to capture the island of Hispaniola (present day Haiti) from the Spanish. In addition, the Taino name for this place was also retained. The Spanish colonisation of Jamaica brought this area under Spanish control, although, like the Taino before them, they did not have much use for it. During that time, Port Royal was called Caguay or Caguaya. While it is unclear whether the Taino settled in that area or not, it is known that they used Port Royal during their fishing expeditions.
Port Royal was first occupied by the Taino Indians. Here we explore the real facts behind the pirates of ancient port of Jamaica. One of the settings of the film is Port Royal, Jamaica. In other words, the romanticization of history for the purpose of entertainment usually comes at the expense of historical accuracy, and the Hollywood movie Pirates of the Caribbean is no exception. It is fair to say that Pirates of the Caribbean is to pirates what Indiana Jones is to archaeologists.
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