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Cordova endeavoured to gain their good-will by presents, but perceived they were preparing to attack him; and, as his water began to fail, he sailed further along the coast in hopes of procuring a supply, but not a single river did he find all along that coast till he came to Potonchon, in the bay of Campeachy, which is on the western side of the peninsula.
Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia Rev. T. [Editor] Wilson 1826
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[*] The Thomas Jefferson Foundation sells the Campeachy chair, "based on [one] crafted by plantation joiner John Hemings," not identified as the brother of Sally.
Jefferson's Concubine Morgan, Edmund S. 2008
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I see in the newspapers an article which I by no means like, in our treaty with Spain; which is, that we shall be at liberty to cut logwood in the Bay of Campeachy, BUT BY PAYING FOR IT.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Spanish forces, which were obliged to retire to Campeachy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Assuming this to be correct we may follow Ulysses from island to island until he came to Yucatan and Campeachy, part of the territory of New Spain.
History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
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It was in the bay of Campeachy, off Port Royal, where the rightful occupant of this shell was caught.
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Campeachy wood, which is generally worth from ten to fifteen livres the hundred weight.
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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They concentrated a force of 2000 men at Campeachy, which, under the command of General O'Neill, set sail in thirteen vessels for Belize, and arrived on the 10th of July, 1798.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Brasil wood, which has a quality superior to that of Campeachy.
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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By this means the Gulf stream is divided, part turning to the eastward around Cuba and between that island and Florida, and part turning to the westward, north of the banks of Campeachy, and striking Padre Island, an island upon the coast of Texas, about one hundred and forty miles this current strikes, there are very deep soundings, almost up with the land.
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