The Amazing Adventures of an Irish Sailor - John Roach (1784)

Summary

In 1784, an unusual publication appeared in Whitehaven, a small English port on the Irish Channel, written by a sailor named John Roach, who had traveled the Caribbean. In it, the author describes his long captivity in the jungles of Nicaragua, when he was captured and enslaved by the Ulwas and Kukras Indians who lived near the Bluefields Lagoon. 

The following document is an extract of the chapters that mention Nicaragua, the Mosquitia and the Corn Islands. The file was recovered from the Enrique Bolaños Library and digitalized by Bank of America. It was translated into Spanish by Luciano Cuadra.

1. THE SAILOR LOST ON THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF NICARAGUA, SLAVE OF THE INDIANS AND PRISONER OF THE SPANIARDS

2. INCURSION TO THE CARIBBEAN COAST GOING DOWN THE RIO GRANDE DE MATAGALPA

3. FIRST VERSION ON THE SITUATION OF THE SO CALLED MOSQUITO COAST

4. DIARY OF AN EXPLORATION OF THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA AND PANAMA

5. GEOMETRIC AND POLITICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MOSQUITO COAST

6. DISSERTATION OF THE VOYAGE TO THE ISLANDS OF SAN ANDRES, SANTA CATALINA, PROVIDENCIA AND MANGROVES IN THE MOSQUITO COAST

7. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOSCOS AND THEIR TERRITORY

8. TRIP TO THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF NICARAGUA 

Author: Biblioteca Enrique Bolaños

Date of publication: 2003

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Original publication: Biblioteca Enrique Bolaños