Map of the Mosquito Territory, From Surveys and Sketches - made during several years residence in the Country; by Chas. N. Bell. Esqr.

Map of the Mosquito (or Miskito) Coast, from Trujillo in Honduras, south to Greytown in Nicaragua, on the border with Costa Rica. The map shows fairly extensive knowledge of the topography and river systems. The area is named after the indigenous Miskito peoples, and dominated by British trading interests and had been since around 1630.


The map illustrates surveys by Scottish engineer and explorer, Charles Napier Bell (1835-1906). Bell's father, James Stanislaus Bell, an adventurer and mahogany trader, who later became the British Resident on the Mosquito Coast. In the lower right hand corner of the map, a key to the settlement locations of the native peoples encountered by Bell, as well as icons to mark the sit of Mahogany cuttings and waterfalls.


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