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Page 50
... North America . Bootlegging and smuggling were profitable . Money was easy to get and fortunes were made . Whiskey bought for $ 1.00 was sold in the country to " the North " for $ 6.00 . After years of unchecked mahogany cutting and ...
... North America . Bootlegging and smuggling were profitable . Money was easy to get and fortunes were made . Whiskey bought for $ 1.00 was sold in the country to " the North " for $ 6.00 . After years of unchecked mahogany cutting and ...
Page 73
... north latitude and 87 ' and 90 ' west longitude . It is bounded on the north by the Mexican Territory of Quintana Roo and on the west and south by the Republic of Guatemala . On the east lies the Carribean Sea and the Bay of Honduras ...
... north latitude and 87 ' and 90 ' west longitude . It is bounded on the north by the Mexican Territory of Quintana Roo and on the west and south by the Republic of Guatemala . On the east lies the Carribean Sea and the Bay of Honduras ...
Page 74
... north to south is 177 miles ; its great- est width is about 65 miles . The principal rivers are : Rio Hondo , New Ri- ver , Belize or Old River , Roaring Creek , Beaver Dam , Labouring Creek , Sibun River , Manatee Ri- ver , Mullins ...
... north to south is 177 miles ; its great- est width is about 65 miles . The principal rivers are : Rio Hondo , New Ri- ver , Belize or Old River , Roaring Creek , Beaver Dam , Labouring Creek , Sibun River , Manatee Ri- ver , Mullins ...
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April 30 Archives of British Bay Islands Bay of Honduras Bay Settlement Baymen Belize River boats BOUNDARY CONVENTION Breakdown music Britain British Honduras Canal Captain Foot's money Carib carried Cayo Central America century Church city of Belize claims Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Coast of Central Cockscomb Cockscomb Mountains Colonel Colony convention of 1859 Corozal crown cungo da town cutters Despard diplomatic early English established FOOT'S MONEY GONE Fu go Georges Caye Government Indian inhabitants laborers land later Library lize logwood magistrates mahogany Majesty's Maya Mayan ment Metzgen Mexico Minister Mosquito Mosquito Coast Mullins River North Obeah obligations Panama pirates ratified Sarstoon River settled Settlement of Belize settlers ships Sibun River signed Sir John Burdon slaves Sly Mongoose Spaniards Spanish Spanish Sovereignty Stann Creek superintendent temala territory Toledo District treaties of 1783 TREATY OF 1850 Treaty of Amiens Treaty of Godolphin United West Indies woodcutters Yucatan