Talk:Mosquito Coast

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[edit] Disputable facts

The article states that "After enjoying almost complete autonomy for fourteen years, the Indians voluntarily surrendered their privileged position, and on 20 November 1894 their territory formally became incorporated in that of the republic of Nicaragua by Nicaraguan president José Santos Zelaya" but http://4dw.net/royalark/Nicaragua/mosquito.htm states that it wasn't a voluntarily process, but rather a large scale military by the Nicaraguan government. Which are the sources that it was a voluntarily process..? Nilzzon 08:25, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Original text from 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, see first edit. You and Royal Ark are probably right, see José Santos Zelaya./213.67.155.120 21:00, 21 January 2006 (UTC)


The article keeps refering to the atlantic coast as the Mosquito coast. I am from there and we call it Misquito coast.

Yea, it is definitely not the "Mosquito" coast. It should be either Misquito or Miskito since the reference is not to Mosquitoes the insects, but rather to the indigenous people who are called the Miskito. Miskito does not = Mosquito. --70.152.141.101 03:06, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Return to Honduras

The article says, quoting Britannica, that the northern part was awarded to Honduras by the ICJ in 1960, however, in my 1939 atlas (put out the month WWII broke out, a great reference tool!) the border shows pretty much as it is today - although the cartography isn't as exact as today it clearly shows that the border follows the Segova River from Bodega (a town showing on the Honduran side, but I couldn't find it in a modern atlas) all the way to C. Gracia a Dios, pretty much as it is today (ie that C. Gracia a Dios is the dividing point between the nations). While Britannica seems to be a reputable source to quote in Wikipedia, I'd like to find more citation that this was actually the case (a text of the ICJ ruling would help) --Canuckguy (talk) 03:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)