Los orígenes del asentamiento de Belice

Victor Bulmer-Thomas; Barbara Bulmer-Thomas

doi:10.17533/udea.tempus.326161

Authors

Victor Bulmer-Thomas University of London
Barbara Bulmer-Thomas University of London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.tempus.326161

Keywords:

Belize, Peter Wallace, origin Myths, maya words, logwood, British settlers

Abstract

This article explores the foundations of the Belize in the 17^th century. It begins with the two “origin” myths that have proved so enduring in Belize regarding the mysterious figure of Peter Wallace on the one hand and the idea of shipwrecked sailors on the other. The article demonstrates that both myths are in fact fictions and that here never was an historical figure called Peter Wallace. Since the name “Belize” cannot therefore be derived from “Wallace”, the second part of the article explores the alternative possibilities and concludes that it is indeed derived from a Maya word. The final part of the article then considers the identity and location of the settlers who came before the establishment of the logwood trade.

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Author Biography

Victor Bulmer-Thomas, University of London

Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Emeritus Professor at the University of London, Researcher at the London Institute for Latin American Studies (ILAS) and Director of the Schroder Emerging Countries Fund. Between 1986 and 1997 he was co-editor of the Journal of Latin American Studies, and between 1992 and 1998 he was director of ILAS. He is the author, among other works, of The Political Economy of Central America since 1920 (1987). He also participated in the compilations The United States and Latin America: The New Agenda (1999) and Regional Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Political Economy of Open Regionalism (2001).

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