Countries that had recognised the independence of Moskitia

Great Britain, 1666 : King Charles II of England received King Oldham of Moskitia at his Court and later requested him to "kindly [...] relieve such straggling Englishmen as should chance to come that way, with plantains, fish, and turtle." Spain, November 11, 1769 : The Guatemalan Captain-General Pedro de Salazar made a formal declaration stating: "It is now very clear that to think of obligating [the Moskitians] to pay taxes, or to even raise this question with them, will completely jeopardise our friendship. The laws speak of other classes of Indians, those that have not established treaties with the nations of Europe, those that do not possess arms, and those who do not possess such skills as these [Moskitians] have in their ability to defend themselves and to eschew the domination of Spain". Nicaragua, August 11, 1838 : Manuel Quijano y Garcia of the Nicaraguan army wrote to King Robert Charles Frederic, congratulating and saluting him "in the n...