Corn Islands Also known as Corn Islands are two islands in the Atlantic Ocean 70 kilometers far from the coast of Nicaragua, with the surface of both of 12 km2. The largest is known as Isla Grande del Maiz and the other as the «Little Corn Island.

Photography by H Dragon

Did you know that these islands are mentioned in chronicles in 1504, since the time of Christopher Columbus? It is noteworthy that these islands and the eastern half of Nicaragua, were under the flag of the United Kingdom between 1655-1894. Years later, the United States took command and according to the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty of them back after 99 years under the premise of American law but Nicaraguan sovereignty. (más…)