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- 1 2 Nick Davis (25 July 2012). "Jamaica's 'wickedest city' Port Royal banks on heritage". BBC News. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ Leslie, Charles (1739). New Account of Jamaica (First ed.). Edinburgh, Scotland: R. Fleming for A. Kincaid. p. 307.
- ↑ Brooks, Baylus C. (2016). Quest for Blackbeard: The True Story of Edward Thache and His World. Lake City, Florida: Baylus C. Brooks. pp. 143–170. ISBN 9781365328213.
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