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1853 print commemorating Great Britain's annexation of the Bay Islands (off Honduras) in March 1852. The caption of the engraving reads: "Proclamation of the Colony of Bay Islands".
The British Crown relinquished the Bay Islands as well as the Mosquito Coast to Honduras and Nicaragua by a convention signed in 1859. |
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| Source | eBay.com. http://www.ebay.com/itm/HONDURAS-Proclamation-of-the-Colony-of-Bay-Islands-antique-print-1853-/400811708717?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item5d523d512d |
| Author | Unknown, 1853. |
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