Captain Peter Wallace | |
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| Born | before 1630s |
| Died | after 1630s colonial Belize (presumed) |
| Known for | founding the first English settlement in the Bay of Honduras in 1638 |
| Piratical career | |
| Type | Buccaneer |
| Years active | 1630s |
| Rank | Captain |
| Base of operations | |
| Commands | Swallow |
Peter Wallace (fl. 1638) is commonly held to have been an English or Scottish buccaneer who, in 1638 aboard the Swallow, founded the first English settlement in present-day Belize. Wallace's historicity is debated, first emerging in the 1829 Honduras Almanack; however, several scholars deem him a legendary protagonist of the country's founding myth, rather than an actual historical figure.