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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)
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)
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)
The Mosquito Coast during the Spanish colonial period was a part of the General Captancy of Guatemala and as of 1803 was added to the Viceroyalty of New Granada. After the independence of New Granada, it was a part of the territory of the Great Colombia (Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela), once the Great Colombia dissolved into individual countries, it continued as a part of the Republic of Colombia. Colombia never exercised it dominium over the Mosquito Coast as it was invaded and occupied by the British. The Republic of Colombia recognized suzerainty of Nicaragua in 1928, as Nicaragua did to Colombia of the Archipelago of San Andres Islands with the signing of the Esguerra Barcenas Treaty, ratified by both countries in 1930. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.244.193.32 ( talk) 17:13, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
The infobox mentions 1834, but there is no other reference to that date. What exactly happened in 1834? - TheMightyQuill ( talk) 20:21, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Is it filled with tons and tons of mosquitos? 32ieww ( talk) 22:45, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
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There has been a lot of activity the last days in this article and several other articles within the same content area, including what looks like the possible start of an edit war. Since I do not do edit wars, I will try to outline a possible way out of this mess.
So what is this article about? The title is "Mosquito Coast", which is the name that was commonly used for a semi-independent 'state' in the mid-19th century. However, it is also a term used until this day for the geographical area where this polity existed. And that is where this discussion has gone out on deep water. The insistence that the Mosquito Coast ended in 1860
(or in 1894, for that matter) is just not true. Yes, the Mosquito Kingdom was discontinued in 1860 (and its successor polity, the Mosquito Reserve ended in 1894). But the Mosquito Coast still exists as a geographical area, as is acknowledged by
Encyclopedia Britannica and in news reports like
here,
here and a fresh one
here. Those news reports are obviously assuming that the term is immediately understood as a geographical term.
This article has to mirror and explain this double usage. In my opinion, the best way of doing this is to focus on the geographical area. The political entities of the 19th century (and before) will then have to be treated in the 'History' section (and summarized in the lede). Whether the content about the kingdom and/or the reservation should be lifted out to as content forks, will have to be decided on the basis of the guideline WP:SPINOFF. T*U ( talk) 10:20, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
The term was never understood to be geographical.Well, the fact remains that the term has been used continuously up till today, in official documents, encyclopedias, books, news articles etc., to denote the geographical area. Whatever the term was meant to describe originally, it is today commonly understood that way. -- T*U ( talk) 06:36, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
Some mentioned somewhere else; "The history has apparently been considerably muddied. I'd guess the few Miskitos who are still around are in no position to correct the record." Though I am not a Miskito person, i have studied their history. And most articles about their history contains many misinformation, including using the term "Mosquito Coast" and a geographical meaning. Whoforwho ( talk) 06:47, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
But I think the confusion is because it includes the word "coast", which is indeed a geographical term. But we can think of the word Mosquito Coast, as Mosquito Land. Becasue that's how the Spanish and the English thought of it; as the land/country of the Mosquitos. Whoforwho ( talk) 06:56, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
As regarding the name, the term "Mosquitia" appears to be even more popular than that of "Kingdom of Mosquitia" or "Mosquito Kingdom". The name "Mosquitia" first appeared on a 1787 map by William Faden titled: (Mosquitia or the Mosquito Shore with the eastern part of Yucatan as far as the 20th degree of north latitude); this can also be confirmed with Google Books Ngram Viewer. So in my opinion, and as the most commond practices on Wikipedia. The article could be renamed to "Mosquitia"; being the most commonly used name for this historical country, and start the description of the page/article by mentioning the name that was used officially; The Kingdom of Mosquitia ...... Whoforwho ( talk) 07:21, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
If it's about reporting what the most reliable sources says; then it follows that the name that this historical region is know mostly by is "Mosquitia", and not "Mosquito Coast" or "Mosquito Kingdom". So as I mentioned before. It would be more proper to rename to page under "Mosquitia", and start the description of the article/ page by saying: The Kingdom of Mosquitia...... This can be seen in most articles relating to countries and historical countries. I am simply trying to follow the pattern of Wikipedia, not changing it. Again, check Google Books Ngram Viewer; and compare "Mosquito Coast" and "Mosquito Kingdom' with that of "Mosquitia". This to me is the most reasonable way to change the name of the page. Whoforwho ( talk) 07:32, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
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