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This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Ambergris, Barilla, Bartica, Basseterre, Belize, Belle Isle, Black Point, Bluefields, Bonaire, Bridgetown, Cabo Raphael, Campeche, Caracas, Carbaneras, Cartagena, Cayenne, Charlesfort, Charlestown, City, De L'isle, Fort-de-France, Fort Caroline, Georgetown, Gibara, Golden Lake, Grenville, Guanica, Harbour Island, Havana, Iguana, Irish Point, Island Harbour, Jacob's Clock, Jaqueme, Jenny Bay, La Isabela, Leogane, Les Hattes, Marsh Harbour, Matthew Town, Morgan's Bluff, Nassau, Oranjestad, Orleans, Pensacola, Pointe-a-Pitre, Port-de-Paix, Port-of-Spain, Port Royal, Port St. Joe, Portobelo, Puerta de Plata, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto del Principe, Roseau, Rosignol, Ruddy Cove, Sabanqui, San Juan, San Marcos, Santa Clara, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Sisal, Somerset, Spanish Town, St. Augustine, St. John's, Tampa, Tampico, Tortuga, Trinidad, Turpitude, Turtling Bay, Vera Cruz, Vieux Fort, Villa Hermosa, West End. Excerpt: Ambergris is an important port with many missions of the "Map of Destiny" series. Ambergris or Ambergris Caye is a small island off shore from the Yucatan Peninsula. Ambergris town is better known as San Pedro in modern Belize, formerly British Honduras. Prior to European colonization Ambergris Caye was home to the Maya, as was the entire region. European contact began in 1502, when Christopher Columbus sailed along the coast of Belize but did not land on shore. In 1511, the first Europeans set foot on what is now Belize: a small crew of shipwrecked Spanish sailors, who landed in what is now northern Belize. The group's galleon had run aground on the Alacranes reef near Cabo Catoche. Twenty people were washed ashore, and most of those were immediately captured by the Mayas and later sacrificed or taken as slaves. One of the prisoners, Gonzalo Guerrero, later defected to the Mayas, and married into a noble Mayan family. Guerrero married the daughter of Nachankan, t...
