Mosquito Coast
a coastal region in Central America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, E of Honduras and Nicaragua.
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Few American novels have addressed these questions more directly than The Mosquito Coast.
American Dreams: ‘The Mosquito Coast’ by Paul Theroux | Nathaniel Rich | September 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has brought civilization to the Mosquito Coast, he reasons, so he can destroy it too.
American Dreams: ‘The Mosquito Coast’ by Paul Theroux | Nathaniel Rich | September 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has dreams, in other words, of turning the Mosquito Coast into Massachusetts.
American Dreams: ‘The Mosquito Coast’ by Paul Theroux | Nathaniel Rich | September 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThese were afterwards joined by agents of the Chartered Company which exploited the pearl fisheries of the Mosquito Coast.
The islands along the Mosquito Coast were occupied by the company, and a project was formed to colonize the mainland.
The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene Bolton
A seaboard stretching away to the south lay open before him,—now known as the Mosquito Coast.
Many and unmistakable signs told me that I was now skirting the dread "Mosquito Coast."
Down the Yellowstone | Lewis R. FreemanDown the Mosquito Coast they passed like a devouring flame, consuming all in their path.
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century | Clarence Henry Haring
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