Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1757] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Mosquito (Miskito) Coast (Costa de Mosquitos; Mosquito Kingdom; Mosquitia) is the region of Nicaragua and Honduras on the Atlantic coast, a lowland band c40 miles wide and c225 miles long. It was visited by Columbus in 1502, but Europeans had little contact with the area until the 17th century, when England established a protectorate over the Miskito Indians (1661). Spain, Nicaragua and the United States disputed this claim until the matter was finally settled by the occupation of the Mosquito Coast by the Nicaraguan government and by the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 between the USA and Great Britain.
Robert Hodgson senior was British superintendent of the Mosquito Coast between 1740 and 1759.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0103 MS ADD 191 [1757] Collection (fonds) 1 volume Hodgson , Robert , fl 1740-1759 , Commander-in-Chief of the Mosquito Shore
The Mosquito (Miskito) Coast (Costa de Mosquitos; Mosquito Kingdom; Mosquitia) is the region of Nicaragua and Honduras on the Atlantic coast, a lowland band c40 miles wide and c225 miles long. It was visited by Columbus in 1502, but Europeans had little contact with the area until the 17th century, when England established a protectorate over the Miskito Indians (1661). Spain, Nicaragua and the United States disputed this claim until the matter was finally settled by the occupation of the Mosquito Coast by the Nicaraguan government and by the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 between the USA and Great Britain.
Robert Hodgson senior was British superintendent of the Mosquito Coast between 1740 and 1759.
Found in Gordon Square History Library, London.
Manuscript narrative comprising an account of the Mosquito Shore [Honduras/Nicaragua].
Open.
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
English
Collection level description.
Later published as Some account of the mosquito territory, contained in a memoir written in 1757... (London, 1822).
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica online; Michael D Olien, 'General, Governor and Admiral: three Miskito lines of succession' (published in Ethnohistory, 45(2) (1998), pp 277-318), and 'Imperialism, ethnogenesis and marginality: ethnicity and politics on the Mosquito Coast' (published in The Journal of Ethnic Studies, 16(1) (1988), pp 1-29) (web versions); www.geocities.com (Nicaragua). 1999, revised Aug 2001 Central America Costa de Mosquitos Hodgson , Robert , fl 1740-1759 , Commander-in-Chief of the Mosquito Shore Honduras Miskito Mosquito Coast Nicaragua Travel Zelaya
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Found in Gordon Square History Library, London.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscript narrative comprising an account of the Mosquito Shore [Honduras/Nicaragua].
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Collection level description.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Notes area
Note
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English