Anglo-American Isthmian Diplomacy, 1815-1915
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4639358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Wilhelmina Williams |
| Year | 1918 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 196 |
| Publication date | 1918-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1779592 |
| OpenAlex | W4211137131 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
coast."This interpretation was attempted by the governors of Jamaica and by the Board of Trade," but the Spaniards had no intention of acknowledging that such concessions had been made ; therefore they continued to capture the logwood vessels of the British, and repeatedly destroyed their log-cutting settle- ments ; " Belize suffered like the rest, and in about the year 1732 the settlers were driven away and their homes demolished.They promptly returned, however, and defeated all further expeditions sent against them."Belize was occupied by the British under the equivo- cal title of 1670 until the formation of the peace of 1763, which concluded the Seven Years' War.Whether or not the negotiators of this treaty were ignorant of the terms of that made in 1670 and of its possible application to Belize is not apparent."*In any case, by the later treaty England agreed to demolish all forti- fications erected by British subjects in the Bay of Honduras ; but the Spanish government permitted the log-cutters to remain, and guaranteed them protection, though, obviously, Spain still held full sovereignty over the settlement."Again, in 1779, when Spain had allied herself with the revolting English colonies, the Spaniards returned to Belize
Diplomacy · Geography · Political science · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Cuban History and Society · Law
American diplomatic questions
American Foreign Policy
The United States as a World Power
The History of Central America
Notice of the Caribs in Central America
British Interests and Activities in Texas, 1838-1846
William Walker and the Steamship Corporation in Nicaragua
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVIIth Century
The Monroe Doctrine an Obsolete Shibboleth
The Terms and Tenor of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Select Charters and other Documents Illustrative of American History, 1606-1775
The Diplomatic Relations of the United States and Spanish America
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |