Rama people
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The Rama are an Indigenous people living on the eastern coast of Nicaragua. Since the start of European colonization, the Rama population has declined as a result of disease, conflict, and loss of ter
Rama Cay, 2010
Mosquito Coast
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The Mosquito Coast is an area along the coast of eastern Nicaragua and southeastern Honduras. It was named after the local Miskito nation and was long dominated by British interests and known as the M
Rama people
…at the time of European contact. Following Spanish colonization of the region, British pirates formed an alliance with the Miskitu in order to gain control of portions of the Caribbean coast. The Miskitu assisted the British pirates in raiding Spanish ships and resisting Spanish control of the region in…
The Coco River in the northern limit of the Mosquito Coast
Fort Wellington on the Black River (Engraving showing Fort Wellington (Poyais) on the Black River, Mosquito Coast, mid 1840s.)
Dwellings in Bluefields in 1845