From the Publisher

Well, well, well — another holiday in Belize. This one used to be called Columbus Day when I was growing up. It was in honor of an Italian named Christopher Columbus, who was then rated as a great sailor, explorer, conqueror, and so on and so forth. He was financed in 1492 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, who had just succeeded in chasing out the North African Moors who had ruled Spain for 700 years.