The Corn Islands Virtual Library

Columbus and the First European Sighting of the Corn Islands

Christopher Columbus’s fourth and final voyage (1502–1504) brought him to the coast of present-day Nicaragua. During this expedition, he nav...

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The Corn Islands Virtual Library was invited to deliver a lecture on Saturday, August 23, at the National Palace of Culture in Managua, on t...

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Four years ago, on the 19th of August 2021, the Corn Islands Virtual Library project was born, and two years later, in May 2023, it was offi...

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The Corn Islands were first inhabited by the Kukra people between 1–400 AD. They came from the areas of Bluefields, Kukra Hill, and Pearl La...

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