The Moskitian Oracle

The Kingdom of Mosquitia, a sovereign indigenous polity along the Caribbean coast of Central America, developed a rich and complex web of international relations between the 17th and 19th centuries. Through formal and informal engagements with European powers and American states, Mosquitia asserted its sovereignty, fostered alliances, and maintained its independence in a region dominated by colonial competition. Great Britain (1661) In 1661, King Charles II of England received King Oldham of Mosquitia at his court. This historic visit was capped by a formal request from Charles to Oldham, asking him to "kindly [...] relieve such straggling Englishmen as should chance to come that way, with plantains, fish, and turtle." This diplomatic exchange illustrates early English recognition of the Moskitian monarchy and established a long-standing alliance between the two nations. Spain (1769) On November 11, 1769, the Spanish Captain-General of Guatemala, Pedro de Salazar, acknowled...

Descripcion del audiencia de Guatimala, 1601. Provincia de la Taguagalpa, 1690. A Map of the Middle Part of America, 1697. Plano de la Provincia de Nicaragua, 1716. Part of ye Spanish & Musketor Shore & the Bay of Honduras and the Island adjacent, 1735. Plano de río tinto Cituado en la enzenada de la Costa de Honduras Nueva Descripcion de las Costas desde el cavo camaron, hasta el Rio de balis en Honduras con todas sus Yslas, bajos y canales adyacentes colocados en sus verdaderas latitudes segun las mas modernas observaciones, con varias notas de las cosas remarcables con toda la dha. costa. Año de 1753. Plano que comprehende desde el Cabo Gracias á Dios á la Bahía del Espíritu Santo : con sus Yslas, Baxos, Sonda y Derrotas comprehendidas entre ambos puntos . Mapa que comprende desde el Golfo de Matina hasta el de Santo Thomás, 1758 . Plano de una parte de la montaña madre, O Cordillera, que comprenhende la Jurisdiccion del Corregimiento de Matagalpa, y parte de la del Governo ...