Honduras, British
Honduras, British
Crown colony of the British Empire , Central America, administered by an executive and a legislative council; area, 8,598 square miles. Founded in 1638 by Peter Wallis, a Scottish adventurer, it was settled by woodcutters from Jamaica, who enlarged their domains at the expense of the Spanish colonists. Boundaries were fixed by treaty in 1859 . The whole of British Honduras is comprised in the Vicarate Apostolic of Belize . See also:
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