early days:
There is evidence that, in the early 1870s, velocipedes were both being imported into Jamaica, and being made in the island. The evidence, however, is very sparse, and there are no contemporary pictures of these machines in Jamaica.
It appears that some velocipedes were imported into Jamaica in the late 1860s. The firm of Alt. DeCordova & Co is shown here importing one from the USA in November, 1869.
Daily Gleaner, November 25, 1869
Daily Gleaner, November 27, 1871
It would appear, however, that the velocipede did not, in fact, catch on as well as the partners had hoped, and so the business was dissolved in 1873.
When Mr Lewis died decades later there was no mention of velocipedes; his interest had been chiefly in marine engineering.