Gulf of Honduras

All right.

What are we doing here? Ocean cleanup stops 463,000 pounds of trash before it reaches the Gulf of Honduras.

Yeah.

I, I...

And the caption said, "In this catch alone, over 210,000 kilos," which equals 463,000 pounds-

Yeah

... "of trash were stopped from reaching the Gulf of Honduras." The post also explained why the river sees so much enormous volumes of debris.

[laughs] Stupid words.

Vincent.

They decided to carry them further to Roatan Island in the Bay of Honduras.

So that Baliceaux represents a physical manifestation of a terrible locale of native genocide.

Mm-hmm.

The treaty as amended was ratified by me on the twelfth of March, eighteen fifty-seven, and was transmitted to London for ratification by the British Government.

That Government expressed its willingness to concur in all the amendments made by the Senate with the single exception of the clause relating to Roatán and the other islands in the Bay of Honduras.

The article in the original treaty as submitted to the Senate, after reciting that these islands and their inhabitants, quote, "Having been, by a convention bearing date of twenty-seventh day of August, eighteen fifty-six, between her Britannic Majesty and the Republic of Honduras, constituted and declared a free territory under the sovereignty of the said Republic of Honduras," end quote, stipulated that, quote, "The two contracting parties do hereby mutually engage to recognize and respect in all future time the independence and rights of the said free territory as a part of the Republic of Honduras," end quote.

Upon an examination of this convention between Great Britain and Honduras of the twenty-seventh August, eighteen fifty-six, it was found that whilst declaring the Bay Islands to be, quote, "A free territory under the sovereignty of the Republic of Honduras," end quote, it deprived that republic of rights without which its sovereignty over them could scarcely be said to exist.

Moreover, had the United States ratified the treaty with Great Britain in its original form, we should have been bound, quote, "To recognize and respect in all future time," end quote, these stipulations to the prejudice of Honduras.

Being in direct opposition to the spirit and meaning of the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty as understood in the United States, the Senate rejected the entire clause and substituted in its stead a simple recognition of the sovereign right of Honduras to these islands in the following language.

"The two contracting parties do hereby mutually engage to recognize and respect the islands of Roatán, Bonaco, Utila, Barbarreta, Helena, and Moral, situate in the Bay of Honduras off the coast of the Republic of Honduras, as under the sovereignty and as part of the said Republic of Honduras." Great Britain rejected this amendment, assigning as the only reason that the ratifications of the convention of the twenty-seventh August, eighteen fifty-six, between her and Honduras had not been, quote, "Exchanged, owing to the hesitation of that government," end quote.

Had this been done, it is stated that, quote, "Her Majesty's government would have had little difficulty in agreeing to the modifications proposed by the Senate, which then would have had in effect the same significance as the original wording," end quote.

The brave defense of Cuauhtemoc availed for naught against cannon and steel armor.

on the thirteenth of august fifteen twenty one the conquest of tenochtitlan was achieved and the spirit of a warlike people forever broken the valley of mexico having been taken numerous expeditions were sent out to subdue the more distant provinces and to establish colonies alvarado invaded the south and by fifteen twenty four he had captured utatlan and other native strongholds on the highlands of guatemala and had invaded salvador Cortes himself undertook a wonderful march from Veracruz to the Gulf of Honduras to punish an unruly subordinate.

his course laid through the swamps and jungles of the uzumacinta basin thence across the savannas of southern yucatan to lake peten and finally over the mountains to lake izabal and the motagua river even to-day much of his route would be called impassable for an army porto cortes on the northern coast of honduras was founded at the conclusion of this expedition the exploitation of yucatan and tabasco was granted to francisco montejo who began the conquest of this low-lying territory in fifteen twenty seven the first campaigns were disastrous and heartbreaking several short-lived salamancas were founded one of them at chichen itza but the odds were too great and by fifteen thirty five all the spaniards had been killed or expelled the son of montejo renewed the struggle in fifteen forty can was founded and early in fifteen forty two the city of merida was established upon the site of an earlier mayan town progress was also rapid in the north nuno de guzman departed in fifteen twenty nine on a mission to conquer michoacan and the great northern province known as new galicia his rule was marred by many acts of cruelty in fifteen thirty eight coronado the successor of guzman led his army northward to the land of the pueblo indians and then out into the great plains before the first english settlement was made in north america the power of spain was firmly established not only throughout central america and mexico but also in the southwestern part of the united states The spiritual conquest was no less remarkable than the territorial.

The priests accompanied and even preceded the armies with the doctrine of the cross.