This article is about the Central American area. For other uses, see Mosquito Coast (disambiguation).
Mosquito Coast
Miskitu Nation
Early 17th century–1894
Flag
Coat of arms
Status
English and British protectorate (1638–1787, 1844–1860)
Spanish colony (1787–1800, de jure 1816–1819)
Territory of Colombia and New Granada (1810–1816, 1819–1844)
Autonomous territory of Nicaragua (1860–1894)
Capital
Sandy Bay
Bluefields (after 1787)
Common languages
Miskito
English
Mayangna
Creole
Government
Monarchy
King
• c. 1650–1687
Oldman (first known)
• 1842–1860
George Augustus Frederic II (last)
Hereditary Chief
• 1860–1865
George Augustus Frederic II (first)
• 1890–1894
Robert Henry Clarence (last)
History
• Established
Early 17th century
• Disestablished
20 November 1894
Succeeded by
Nicaragua
Honduras
Today part of
Nicaragua
Honduras
The Mosquito Coast (also known as the Mosquitia or Mosquito Shore) is an area along the eastern coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras. It was named after the local Miskito Nation and was long dominated by British interests and known as the Mosquito Kingdom. From 1860 suzerainty of the area was transferred to Nicaragua with the name Mosquito Reserve, and in November 1894 the Mosquito Coast was militarily incorporated into Nicaragua. However, in 1960, the northern part was granted to Honduras by the International Court of Justice.[1]
The Mosquito Coast was generally defined as the domain of the Miskito Kingdom and expanded or contracted with that domain. During the 19th century, the question of the kingdom's borders was a serious issue of international diplomacy between Britain, the United States, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Conflicting claims regarding both the kingdom's extent and arguable nonexistence were pursued in diplomatic exchanges.[2] The British and Miskitu definition applied to the whole eastern seaboard of Nicaragua and even to La Mosquitia in Honduras: i.e., the coast region as far west as the Río Negro or Tinto.
^"Mosquito Coast". Encyclopædia Britannica. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
^Naylor, Robert A.; Penny Ante Imperialism: The Mosquito Shore and the Bay of Honduras, 1600–1914: A Case Study in British Informal Empire, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, London, 1989, pp. 95–102, 110–112, 144–157
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