The Corn
Islands are two islands about 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the Caribbean coast
of Nicaragua, constituting one of 12 municipalities of the Región Autónoma del
Atlántico Sur department. The official name of the municipality is Corn Island
(the English name is officially used in Spanish-speaking Nicaragua).
The Corn
Islands, along with the eastern half of present-day Nicaragua, was a British
protectorate from 1655 until 1894, a period when the region was called the
Mosquito Coast. At one time, the islands were frequented by Caribbean pirates.
In 1894, the Nicaraguan government claimed the area. Under the Bryan–Chamorro
Treaty of 1914, the islands were leased to the United States for a period of 99
years. Sources
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