Shipwrecked English sailors founded a settlement in 1638 in what is now this Central American nation
[DOC] [TLE] History of Belize (15061862) - Wikipedia [PAR] Belize, on the east coast of Central America, southeast of Mexico, was settled by 
Spaniards in the 17th century, became a British crown colony from 1862 through 
1964, and is now independent.