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Dampier's Map of Central America and Miskito Coast (1697)
Map of Central America by William Dampier (1697).
This map of Central America and adjacent Caribbean islands is from A New Voyage Round the World, published in 1697 by William Dampier, the English sea captain, naturalist, and erstwhile pirate.
The
Miskito coast is marked with a star. Dampier and his associate, the
surgeon Lionel Wafer describe the Miskito peoples in the period
1690-1700. These tribal groups, often mixed with runaway slaves, formed
a distinct culture in the coastal region, sometimes forming alliances
with pirates against Spanish authorities in the 16th-18th centuries.
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