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From: "Paula Wiegand" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Where or what is Port Mahoo?
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 13:03:04 -0400
In-Reply-To: <424FF84B.8060908@swbell.net>


On 3 Apr 2005 at 9:06, Edward Steele wrote:

> Any Central american authorities out there who may recognize
"Port
> Mahoo?"

Port Moho fits the bill, but is somewhat elusive. It shows up on some
English maps of 1764 by George Robertson. By those maps it is
around the border of Guatemala and Honduras a little to the west of
Puerto Cortes, perhaps at the mouth of the Motagua or even as far
as Livingston. It does not appear to be the modern Moho River in
Belize (although that area of the coast is missing from the maps). A
note by Port Moho reads: This is the only settlement the Spaniards
have on all this coast.

You can view the maps online at (search for Moho):
http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/luso/westhem.html


Paula Wiegand

Genealogy Quest
5550 Stuckey Road
Indian Head, MD 20640
www.Genealogy-Quest.com


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