The Mosquito Kingdom was a confederation of Amerindian- and African-descended people inhabiting the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and Honduras. This confederation rose to prominence in the late seventeenth century, reaching the height of its power in the 1790s. The descendants of this confederation still inhabit Central America's Mosquito Coast, though today they are more commonly referred to by the ethnic and linguistic moniker Miskitu. This paper presents a historiographical analysis of the Mosquito Kingdom, evaluating the sources and methodologies that scholars have used to study the Mosquito people and their rise to power. Ultimately, this paper argues that despite recent advances demonstrating Mosquito agency and highlighting African contributions, several influential myths have continued in the historiography, such as the notion that the confederation's rise to power depended on access to European goods.

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蚊子王国在中美洲加勒比海边境地区的崛起：消息来源，问题和持久的神话

蚊帐王国是居住在尼加拉瓜和洪都拉斯加勒比海沿岸的美洲印第安人和非洲裔的联邦。这个联合会在十七世纪末期逐渐受到重视，并在1790年代达到其权力的顶峰。这个联盟的后裔仍然居住在中美洲的蚊子海岸，尽管今天他们更普遍地被族裔和语言绰号Miskitu所指。本文介绍了蚊子王国的历史学分析，评估了学者用来研究蚊子人民及其崛起的来源和方法。最终，本文认为，尽管最近取得了一些进展，证明了蚊子的作用并突出了非洲的贡献，但史学上仍然存在着一些有影响力的神话，