Central America

CEP 463

1853 illustration of the proclamation of the British colony of Bay Islands (now part of Honduras). Complete text.

Price: $40.00

CEP 450

Early Mexican comic book Juan Santamaria, “El Erizo” (Costa Rica).

Price: $90.00

Note: Juan Santamaría Rodríguez (August 29, 1831 – April 11, 1856) was a drummer in the Costa Rican army, officially recognized as the national hero of his country for his actions in the 1856 Second Battle of Rivas, in the Filibuster War. He died in the battle carrying a torch he used to light the enemy stronghold on fire, securing a victory for Costa Rica against American mercenary William Walker and his imperialist forces. Thirty five years after his death, he began to be idealized and was used as a propaganda tool to inspire Costa Rican nationalism. A national holiday in Costa Rica, Juan Santamaría Day, is held annually on April 11th to commemorate his death.

CEP 449

Early Mexican comic book Canek, El Heroe Maya (Yucatan).

Price: $100.00

Note: Jacinto Canek or Jacinto Uc de los Santos (c. 1731 in barrio de San Román, City of Campeche, New Spain – December 14, 1761 in Mérida, New Spain), was an 18th-century Maya revolutionary who fought against the Spanish in the Yucatán Peninsula of New Spain.

CEP 448Early Mexican comic book Anastasio Aquino, El Rey Fulminado (El Salvador).

Price: $100.00

Note: Anastasio Aquino's Rebellion was an uprising led by Salvadoran indigenous leader Anastasio Aquino (April 15, 1792 – July 24, 1833) in El Salvador, during the time it belonged to the Federal Republic of Central America. Aquino was born into a family belonging to the Taytes of the Nonualco, an Indigenous tribe of the Pipil nation that occupied the territory of the current Department of La Paz. In 1832, Anastasio Aquino led an indigenous uprising against the Salvadoran Government. The most outstanding event of the uprising was the taking of the city of San Vicente, where Anastasio was crowned as King of the Nonualcos, with the Golden Crown from a statue of the Virgen Mary. The response from the authorities was swift, and the army launched an offensive against the rebels. Finally, after a series of battles the indigenous resistance collapsed, and on June 1833 the revolt was silenced, after thousands of local died. Anastasio was executed on July 24th.

CEP 447Early Mexican comic book Don Francisco Morazan.

Price: $90.00

Note: José Francisco Morazán Quesada (October 3, 1792 – September 15, 1842) was a Central American politician who was president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1830 to 1839. Before he was president of Central America he was the head of state of Honduras. He rose to prominence at the Battle of La Trinidad on November 11, 1827. Morazán then dominated the political and military scene of Central America until his execution in 1842. In the political arena, he was recognized as a visionary and great thinker, as he attempted to transform Central America into one large and progressive nation. He enacted liberal reforms in the new Federal Republic of Central America, including freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Morazán also limited church power by making marriage secular and abolishing government-aided tithing. These reforms made him some powerful enemies, and his period of rule was marked by bitter infighting between liberals and conservatives. But through his military skills, Morazán was able to keep a firm grip on power until 1837, when the Federal Republic became irrevocably fractured. This was exploited by the conservative leaders, who rallied around the leadership of Rafael Carrera and in order to protect their own interests, ended up dividing Central America into five nations.

CEP 434CEP 434CEP 434Collection of 20 illustrated pages from French and English periodicals on Ferdinand de Lesseps and the Panama scandal. B

Price: $200.00

Note: The Panama scandals (also known as the Panama Canal Scandal or Panama Affair) was a corruption affair that broke out in the French Third Republic in 1892, linked to a French company's failed building attempt at constructing a Panama Canal. Close to half a billion francs were lost and members of the French government had taken bribes to keep quiet about the Panama Canal Company's financial troubles in what is regarded as the largest monetary corruption scandal of the 19th century.