Providence Island Company Providence Island Company The Providence Company or Providence Island Company was an English chartered company founded in 1629 by a group of Puritans including Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick in order to establish the Providence Island colony on Providence Island and Mosquito Coast of what became Nicaragua. Providence Island was discovered during 1629 by Daniel Elfrith. Elfrith passed its location to Philip Bell who was governor of the Somers Islands; Bell mentioned it to Nathaniel Rich. Rich then involved the Earl of Warwick, his family connection, who called a meeting for 10 November 1629, at Brooke House in Holborn,
Money Island, Paracel Islands 1815 when the commander Phạm Quang Ảnh led the expedition to the islands in the reign of Emperor Gia Long. Claim to the island, as part of the Paracels, has been made by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam. While the island is uninhabited, patrols are made by the Navy of the People's Republic of China, who have built a fisherman's rest area there. It is believed that the south channel was cut by Chinese naval personnel. Money Island, Paracel Islands Money Island(; and ) is the southwesternmost island in the Crescent Group of the Paracel Islands archipelago. It