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Explorations and adventures in Honduras, comprising sketches of travel in the gold regions of Olancho, and a review of the history and general resources of Central America (1857)

Wells, William V. (William Vincent), 1826-1876 · New-York, Harper & brothers · leaf 321

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own of Jutecalpa, though built on the site of an ancient Indian village of that name, is not of such antiquity as the old capital of this section of Central America, Olancho, now known as Olancho Viejo or Antigua , and of which the ruins only exist to denote its former importance. These are… … CALLE DE CONCEPCION, JUTECALPA. tion of Olancho, was an unimportant village. Although the com- mercial centre of Eastern Honduras, a region comprising more territory than the whole of San Salvador and Costa Rica, the town, until lately, has not found a place on any map of Central America. Its very…

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