 Pirate's Isle / 1826 watercolour by David Cox / via Google | |
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| Location | mouth of Haulover Creek |
| Coordinates | 17°29′37″N 88°11′07″W / 17.49361319555655°N 88.18526849738882°W |
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| Outcome | Belize founded |
The Anglo-Saxon, English, or Baymen's settlement of Belize is traditionally thought to have been effected upon Peter Wallace's 1638 landing at the mouth of Haulover Creek. As this account lacks clear primary sources, however, scholarly discourse has tended to qualify, amend, or completely eschew said theory, giving rise to a myriad competing narratives of the English settling of Belize. Though none of the aforementioned have garnered widespread consensus, historical literature has tended to favour a circumspect account of a landing near Haulover sometime during the 1630s and 1660s, effected by logwood-seeking, haven-seeking, or shipwrecked buccaneers.