The Battle of San Fernando de Omoa was a short siege and battle between British and Spanish forces fought not long after Spain entered the American Revolutionary War on the American side. On the 16 Oc
Exterior view of the fort at San Fernando de Omoa. Photo taken in 2006
18th century print depicting a British sailor offering a sword to an unarmed Spaniard
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Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by
Battle of San Fernando de Omoa
…force of 150 British soldiers and seamen assaulted and captured the fortifications at San Fernando de Omoa in the Captaincy General of Guatemala (now Honduras) on the Gulf of Honduras. The British forces managed to overwhelm and capture the Spanish garrison, consisting of 365 men. The British only held the…
A Maya stela, an emblematic symbol of the Honduran Mayan civilization at Copan
Hernán Cortés, one of the conquerors of Honduras
Church of San Manuel de Colohete