The Corn Islands, along with the eastern half of present-day Nicaragua, were a British protectorate from 1655 until 1860, a period when the region was called the Mosquito Coast.
Kukuruzno otočje je zajedno s istočnom polovicom današnje Nikaragve bilo britanski protektorat od 1655. do 1860. godine, u periodu kada je to područje poznato pod nazivom Obala komaraca.