2. BELIZE
Belize is at the southern end of the Yucatan
peninsula, facing the Caribbean Sea.
3.
4. The Mayan
civilization
spread into the
area of Belize
between 1500
B.C. and A.D.
300
European contact
began in 1502
when Columbus
sailed along the
coast
5. Both Spain and
Britain lay claim
to the land until
Britain defeated
the Spanish in
the battle of St.
George's Cay
(1798)