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CAMPEACHY

Volume 5 · 115 words · 1810 Edition

town of Mexico in South America, seated on the east coast of a bay of the same name, on the west of the province of Yucatano. It is defended by a good wall and strong forts; but is neither so rich, nor carries on such a trade, as formerly; it having been the port for the sale of logwood, the place where it is cut being about 30 miles distant. It was taken by the English in 1596; by the buccaneers in 1678; and by the Flibusters of St Domingo in 1685, who set it on fire and blew up the citadel. W. Long. 93. 7. N. Lat. 19. 20.

Campeachy-Wood. See Hematoxylum, Botany Index.