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  2. Gulf of Honduras - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Honduras is shown in the centre of this map. The Gulf or Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. From north to south, it runs for approximately 200 km (125 miles) from Dangriga, Belize, to La Ceiba, Honduras.

  3. Fantome (schooner) - Wikipedia

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    Fantome was a 679-ton staysail schooner.She was completed in 1927 by the Duke of Westminster.She was purchased by Windjammer Barefoot Cruises in 1969, and became the flagship of their fleet, offering cruises in the Caribbean and the Bay of Honduras.

  4. Frederick C. Hopkins - Wikipedia

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    Frederick C. Hopkins was born 12 December 1844 in Birmingham, England.He entered the Society of Jesus in September 1868 and was ordained a priest on 23 September 1877. He arrived on the British Honduras mission in January 1888.

  5. Belizean–Guatemalan territorial dispute - Wikipedia

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    Disputed territory between Belize and Guatemala There is an unresolved territorial dispute between the states of Belize (formerly known as British Honduras) and Guatemala, neighbours in Central America. During the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s, Britain and Spain signed several treaties regarding territories in the Americas. Both nations agreed that the territory of modern-day Belize was ...

  6. Colorado teen, 15, recalls moment her leg was ripped off ...

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    Annabelle Carlson, 15, was on a diving trip to the Lighthouse Reef near Half Moon Cay in the Gulf of Honduras with her family and a tour group when she hopped off the boat into the water and was ...

  7. Hawkesworth Bridge - Wikipedia

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    It was a great day for the people of British Honduras as the bridge was the final link connecting San Ignacio and Belize City via a road that would later be named Western Highway, then renamed in 2013 as the George Price Highway. The days of the Cayo boats had certainly come to an end.

  8. Battle of St. George's Caye - Wikipedia

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    In 1998 Belize issued three coins to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle. These consisted of a cupro-nickel $2, a 0.925 silver $10 and a 0.917 gold $100. The obverse features a three-masted sailing vessel from the national coat-of-arms. The reverse features HMS Merlin and two of the oar-powered flat boats.

  9. Belize - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish employed them as soldiers, and they spread along the Caribbean coast of Central America. The Garinagu settled in Seine Bight, Punta Gorda and Punta Negra, Belize, by way of Honduras as early as 1802. In Belize, 19 November 1832 is the date officially recognized as "Garifuna Settlement Day" in Dangriga. [121]